Text: | Glorious things of thee are spoken |
Author: | John Newton, 1725-1807 |
Tune: | AUSTRIA |
Composer: | Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809 |
1 Glorious things of thee are spoken,
Sion, city of our God;
He whose word cannot be broken
Formed thee for his own 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 Saviour, if of Sion's city
I through grace a member am,
Let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in thy name:
Fading is the worldling's pleasure,
All his boasted pomp and show;
Solid joys and lasting treasure
None but Sion's children know.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Glorious things of thee are spoken |
Author: | John Newton, 1725-1807 |
Meter: | 87 87 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | Dedication Festival |
Notes: | Alternative tune ABBOT's LEIGH 185 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | AUSTRIA |
Composer: | Franz Joseph Haydn, 1732-1809 |
Meter: | 87 87 D |
Key: | E♭ Major |