Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken Lyrics John Newton, 1779
3 verses, meter 8, 7, 8 l, public domain, free to print and project.
The words
Verse 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 may’st smile at all thy foes.
Verse 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 t’assuage—
Grace, which, like the Lord, the Giver,
Never fails from age to age?
Verse 3. Savior, since 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.
Words copied from Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book (Abridged Edition) (1927). They were published in 1779, so they are in the public domain in the United States, and your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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