Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Israel the desert trod
Topic: Calvary
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: SM
Tune: Laban
Hymn Number: 434
Page Number: 149, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsISRAEL the desert trod,
Sustain'd by pow'r 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 Hebrews' thirst supplied.
But O what nobler themes
Does gospel grace afford!
From Calv'ry spring superior streams--
There hung the smitten Lord!
Of every hope bereft,
Sinners to Jesus go;
Behold the Rock of Ages cleft,
And living currents flow.