494b. Glorious things of you are spoken

1 Glorious things of you are spoken,
Zion, city of our God;
he whose word cannot be broken
formed you for his own abode:
on the rock of ages founded,
what can shake your sure repose?
with salvation's walls surrounded
you may smile at all your foes.

2 See, the streams of living waters
springing from eternal love!
well supply your 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 they march, the pillar leading,
light by night and shade by day;
daily on the manna feeding
which he gives them when they pray.

4 Saviour, since of Zion's city
I through grace a member am,
let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in your name:
fading are the world's best pleasures,
all its boasted pomp and show;
solid joys and lasting treasures
none but Zion's children know.

Text Information
First Line: Glorious things of you are spoken
Author: J. Newton (1725-1807)
Meter: 8 7 8 7 D
Language: English
Publication Date: 1987
Scripture:
Topic: Christmas 2: The Holy Family; Epiphany 4, Revelation: The New Temple; God's Church: Unity and Growth (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ABBOT'S LEIGH
Composer: Cyril Taylor (born 1907)
Composer (descant) and Arranger: John Wilson (born 1905)
Meter: 8 7 8 7 D
Key: D Major
Copyright: © Oxford University Press; desc. and arr. © Oxford University Press
Notes: Includes separate descant and arrangement for verse 4. Alternative tune: AUSTRIA (494a)



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