Zion, from Thee Is Sounded Forth

Zion

from thee is sound­ed forth

The word of an al­migh­ty God

To tell the rich­es of His grace

And spread His glo­ries all abroad.

In terms ex­press­ive to un­fold

The sin­ner’s doom

and sin’s de­sert

The cross of Je­sus to re­veal

And send con­vict­ion to the heart.

Unhappy they

es­tranged from God

Whom nei­ther wrath nor grace can move

Who on the Gos­pel cast con­tempt

And still des­pise a Sav­ior’s love.

But to the scep­ter they must yield

Or bow be­neath re­sist­less pow­er;

Oh may they trem­ble at Thy word

And saints with grate­ful hearts ad­ore.