Glorious Things Are Sung of Zion
Author: William W. Phelps
Composer: Varies by tune (see below)
Languages (15)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Bulgarian: Песни се пеят днес за Сион
- Dutch: Zing van Zions pracht en glorie
- English: Glorious Things Are Sung of Zion
- English Braille: ⠠⠛⠇⠕⠗⠊⠳⠎ ⠠⠹⠔⠛⠎ ⠠⠁⠗⠑ ⠠⠎⠥⠝⠛ ⠷ ⠠⠵⠊⠕⠝
- French: Chantons de Sion la gloire
- French (French Polynesia): Mea Hanahana te Oire Tumu o Enoha
- French (Haiti): Oh ! des hymnes glorieuses
- German: Herrlich klingt das Lied von Zion
- Hawaiian: Hoonani No Ziona
- Hungarian: Jó égi Atyám él
- Kekchi: Bʼichanbʼil resil Sion
- Latvian: Dziesmu dziesmās cildināta
- Portuguese: Eis, Cidade Exaltada
- Tahitian: Mea Hanahana te Oire Tumu o Enoha
- Tongan: Kololia ʻi Saione
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Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1840 or earlier.
Public domain
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net: Sacred Hymns (Page/Cairns) (1841), 35.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. Glorious things are sung of Zion, Enoch’s city seen of old, Where the righteous, being perfect, Walked with God in streets of gold. Love and virtue, faith and wisdom, Grace and gifts were all combined. As himself each loved his neighbor; All were one in heart and mind.
2. There they shunn’d the pow’r of Satan And observed celestial laws; For in Adam-ondi-Ahman Zion rose where Eden was. When beyond the pow’r of evil, So that none could covet wealth, One continual feast of blessings Crown’d their days with peace and health.
3. Then the tow’rs of Zion glittered Like the sun in yonder skies, And the wicked stood and trembled, Filled with wonder and surprise. Then their faith and works were perfect; Lo, they followed their great Head! So the city went to heaven, And the world said, “Zion’s fled!”
4. When the Lord returns with Zion, And we hear the watchman cry, Then we’ll surely be united, And we’ll all see eye to eye. Then we’ll mingle with the angels, And the Lord will bless his own. Then the earth will be as Eden, And we’ll know as we are known.
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