81 G Zion, city of our God;

LORIOUS things of thee are spoken,

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.

2 See, the streams of living waters,
Springing from eternal love,
Still supply thy sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove :
Who can faint while such a river,
Ever flows our thirst t'assuage?
Blessings which, like God, the giver,
Never fail, from age to age.

82 TRIUMPHANT ZION, lift thy head

From dust, and darkness, and the dead;
Though humbled long, awake at length,
And gird thee with thy Saviour's strength.
2 Put all thy beauteous garments on,
And let thine excellence be known;
Decked in the robes of righteousness,
Thy glories shall the world confess.
3 No more shall foes unclean invade,
And fill thy hallowed walls with dread;
No more shall sin's insulting host
Their victory and thy sorrows boast.

4 The Lord on high has heard thy prayer;
His hand thy ruin shall repair;

Nor will thy watchful monarch cease
To guard thee in eternal peace.

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Truth divine her walls supports :
Love has paved her streets of gold:
See her jasper towers and courts !—
Gates of pearl that never fold!
3 Pilgrims, enter and rejoice!
Here your Saviour holds his throne:
"Tis the city of his choice:

"Tis the church he calls his own.
Precious gems, of various hue,
Brightly shine on every side:
Come, the splendid glories view !
Come, and in his courts abide !

UILT by Jehovah's hand,

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The holy city see:

Its happy gates wide open stand:

To enter all are free.

2 One bright, eternal day

Shall in the city reign,
Darkness and death are fled away,
Ne'er to return again.

3 O blessed, happy state!

O Lord, we thankful come,
Low at thy footstool humbly wait,
And make thy church our home.

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