1270 We are the Hebrews! Praise the Lord! 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. Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! He has bought All us river-crossing Hebrews To the land, to build up The temple of our God. 2. Old Noah's age was so corrupt, In deep depravity; So Noah passed across the flood- That separating sea. Praise the Lord! He has bought >From the old To a new recovered region Where he built in this land An altar for his God. 3. Then Abraham was called apart, For God to take a stand; So through the river he was led Into a new, good land. Step by step he was led >From Chaldee Through the river into Canaan, That good land, there to be The servant of his God. 4. The Israelites in bondage were To Pharaoh's choking hand. The God of Hebrews made a way For them to leave that land. Through the sea, they all passed; Egypt fell, Hallelujah! In the good land They built up God's own house To satisfy His heart. 5. Then wand'ring through the wilderness, The land they could not find; Till through the Jordan they did pass To leave themselves behind. Praise the Lord! In the land They built up God's own temple. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! There they dwelt, His people and their God. 6. But then religion conquered all, So John the Baptist came And buried all beneath the flood. The Jews were not the same. Buried all! Buried all! Buried all! Underneath the Jordan River Buried all to become The Hebrews passing through. 7. Now in the church life, we have left The world, religion too; Now we're the river-crossing ones, Enjoying Christ so new! Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! We have passed >From the oldness, Hallelujah, Into Christ-one new man. And now we're one with Him! 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. Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! Now we stand As the Hebrews, Hallelujah, On the sea! Praise the Lord! We've passed through everything!