Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken Hymn Lyrics
John Newton’s hymn on the church of Christ
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 will their thirst 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 their banner
light by night and shade by day,
safe they feed upon the manna
which he gives them on their way.
4 Savior, since of Zion’s city
I thro’ grace a member am,
let the world deride or pity,
I will glory in your name.
Fading are the world’s vain pleasures,
all their boasted pomp and show;
solid joys and lasting treasures
none but Zion’s children know.
Who Wrote “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken”?
The Church as a Divine institution, the channel through which men are led to and blessed by God, Zion has naturally been the theme that has inspired the Church’s singers.
John Newton has furnished us one of this type of hymns, a hymn which was originally published in the Olney Hymns under the title of “Zion, or the City of God.”
It was a hymn of five stanzas, based on Isaiah 33: 20, 21. The Olney Hymns were published in 1779.
This hymn, which is used in various forms both in England and in this country, has attained great popularity in all English-speaking countries.
It ranks among the first hymns in English in every branch of the Protestant Church.
It is interesting to note that a portion of this hymn has been translated into Latin and is included in a Latin Hymn book which was published in 1871.
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Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken Video
Below is a YouTube video featuring this beautiful hymn.
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