We are the Hebrews! Praise the Lord (Hymn 1270)

Verse 1: We are the Hebrews! Praise the Lord! We're from the other side. Throughout our hist'ry we have passed Through rivers deep and wide. Verse 2: Old Noah's age was so corrupt, In deep depravity; So Noah passed across the flood— That separating sea. Verse 3: Then Abraham was called apart, For Godto take a stand; So through the river he was led Into a new, good land. Verse 4: The Israelites in bondage were To Pharaoh's choking hand. The God of Hebrews made a way For them to leave that land. Verse 5: Then wand'ring through the wilderness, The land they could not find; Till through the Jordan they did pass To leave themselves behind. Verse 6: But then religion conquered all, So John the Baptist came And buried all beneath that flood. The Jews were not the same. Verse 7: Now in the church life, we have left The world, religion too; Now we're the river-crossing ones, Enjoying Christ so new! Verse 8: O Lord, You've taken us across The fiery sea of glass, With all the worldly things beneath; Across the sea we've passed.