Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken

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Words by John Newton (1725-1807), 1779

Tune: AUSTRIAN HYMN by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), 1797

Key signature: F major (1 flat)

8.7.8.7.D.

Public Domain

Organ Performance at Hymns Without Words

1. Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, 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 mayst 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 hov’ring, See the cloud and fire appear, For a glory and a cov’ring, Showing that the Lord is near! Thus deriving from our banner Light by night and shade by day, Safe they feed upon the manna Which He gives them when they pray.