But streams of grace from him o'erflow,
Their thirst to satisfy.
6 When troubles, like a burning sun,
Beat heavy on their head,
To this almighty .Rock they run,
And find a pleasing shade.
7 How glorious he ! how happy they
In such a glorious Friend !
Whose love secures them all the way,
And crowns them at the end.
60.
Zion; or the City of God.[1]—Isa. xxxiii, 20, 21.
1 GLORIOUS things of thee are spoken,
Zion, city of our God !
He, whose word cannot be broken,
Form d 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.
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.
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 when they pray.
- ↑ Book ii, Hymn 24.
