423   Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken




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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 wall 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 and want remove;
Who can faint when 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;
Blest inhabitants of Zion
Washed in the Redeemer s blood;
Jesus whom their souls rely on
Makes them kings and priests to God.

[4]
Savior if of Zion 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 Zion s children know.