Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Israel the desert trod
Topic: The New Life/Trust and Joy
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 778
Page Number: 455, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIsrael the desert trod,
Sustain'd by power divine,
While wondrous mercy mark'd the road
With many a mystic sign.
When Moses gave the stroke,
From Horeb's flinty side
Issued a river, and the rock
The Hebrew's thirst supplied.
But O! what nobler themes
Does gospel grace afford!
From Calv'ry spring superior streams--
There hung the smitten Lord!
Of ev'ry hope bereft,
Sinners, to Jesus go;
Behold the Rock of Ages cleft,
And living currents flow.
Here may our spirits bathe,
Here may our joys abound!
Till (pass'd the wilderness and death)
We tread celestial ground.