The Presbyterian Hymnal ‎#446

446. Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

1 Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;
God, whose word cannot be broken,
Formed thee for a blest abode.
On the rock of ages founded,
What can shake thy sure repose?
With salvation’s walls surrounded,
Thou may’st smile at all thy foes.

2 See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Well supply thy sons and daughters
And all fear of want remove.
Who can faint while such a river
Ever flows their thirst to assuage?
Grace, which like the Lord, the Giver,
Never fails from age to age.

3 Round each habitation hovering,
See the cloud and fire appear
For a glory and a covering,
Showing that the Lord is near.
Thus deriving from their banner
Light by night and shade by day,
Safe they feed upon the manna
Which God gives them when they pray.

Text Information

• First Line: Glorious things of Thee are spoken
• Title: Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
• Author: John Newton (1779; alt.)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Exodus 13:22
  ;
  Exodus 16:4
  ;
  Exodus 16:35
  ;
  Psalm 87
  ;
  John 4:14

Tune Information

• Name: AUSTRIAN HYMN
• Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn (1797)
• Composer (desc.): Michael E. Young (1979)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Descant copyright © 1979 by G.I.A. Publilcations, Inc., Chicago, Illinois. All rights reserved.