Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
Author: John Newton
Composer: Varies by tune (see below)
Languages (19)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Albanian: Fjal’ t’Lavdishme për Ty Thuhen
- Bulgarian: О, Сионе, град на Бога
- Cantonese (Romanized/Pingyam): [Unknown title]
- Danish: Om Guds Stad man taler herligt
- English: Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken
- English Braille: ⠠⠛⠇⠕⠗⠊⠳⠎ ⠠⠹⠔⠛⠎ ⠷ ⠠⠮⠑ ⠠⠁⠗⠑ ⠠⠎⠏⠕⠅⠢
- Estonian: Au ja hiilgust sulle toovad
- French: J’entends célébrer ta Gloire
- German: Herrlich wird von dir gesprochen
- Hawaiian: No Ziona Na Olelo Nani
- Japanese: 神の街シオン
- Korean: 주님 영광 한이 없다
- Mandarin (Romanized/Pinyin): Měilì Xí’ān Shén di shèngchéng
- Mandarin (Simplified): 美丽锡安神的圣城
- Mandarin (Traditional): 美麗錫安神的聖城
- Portuguese: Grandes Coisas, Mui Gloriosas
- Romanian: Slavă, Sion
- Spanish: ¡Cuán Gloriosas Cosas Hablan!
- Tongan: Ko Hono naunau kuo ha
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Most common tunes for “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken”
This chart shows the tunes that are paired with this text most frequently, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If the text appears with the same tune in multiple editions or translations of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once.
Appearances of “Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken” over time
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1832 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Olney Hymns (Newton) (1779), I-LX.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. Glorious things of thee are spoken, Zion, city of our God! He whose word cannot be broken Chose thee for his own abode. On the Rock of Ages founded, What can shake our sure repose? With salvation’s wall surrounded, Thou may’st smile on all thy foes.
2. See! the streams of living waters, Springing from celestial love, Well supply thy sons and daughters And all fear of drought remove. Round each habitation hov’ring, See the cloud and fire appear For a glory and a cov’ring, Showing that the Lord is near.
3. Blest inhabitants of Zion, Purchased by the Savior’s blood; Jesus, whom their souls rely on, Makes them kings and priests to God. While in love his Saints he raises, With himself to reign as King, All, as priests, his solemn praises For thank-off’rings freely bring.
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