Drink! A river pure and clear that’s flowing from the throne

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Drink! A river pure and clear that’s flowing from the throne;
Eat! The tree of life with fruits abundant, richly grown;
Look! No need of lamp nor sun nor moon to keep it bright, for
  Here there is no night!
  Do come, oh, do come,
Says Spirit and the Bride:
Do come, oh, do come,
Let him that heareth, cry.
Do come, oh, do come,
Let him who thirsts and will
  Take freely the water of life!
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Christ, our river, Christ, our water, springing from within;
Christ, our tree, and Christ, the fruits, to be enjoyed therein,
Christ, our day, and Christ, our light, and Christ, our morningstar:
  Christ, our everything!
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We are washing all our robes the tree of life to eat;
“O Lord, Amen, Hallelujah!”—Jesus is so sweet!
We our spirits exercise, and thus experience Christ.
  What a Christ have we!
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Now we have a home so bright that outshines the sun,
Where the brothers all unite and truly are one.
Jesus gets us all together, Him we now display
  In the local church.
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Rose Margarett Pascua

Poblacion, Manukan, Zamboanga Del Norte, Philippines

Take freely the water of life...


Mikayla and Mitch

wow this is beautiful


Evan Young

Walnut, CA, United States

Do come!


Shirui Jin

Walnut, CA, United States

Take freely the water of life!!


Ifeanyi

Gainesville, FL, United States

This is probably the best song I’ve ever sang in my entire life! Love it so much :) do come


Vanessa

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Do come Lord!!!! <3333 Just makes me wanna wash my robes and whatnot Amen Hallelujah!


Christopher Burk

Seattle, Washington, United States

Do come!


Jonathan Childs

New York, United States

This song has gotten me through tough times and lifts me up when I’m down. Singing this with the saints is the best feeling, I never feel more connected to Christ then singing this gem.


Peter Wu

College Station, Texas, United States

I sing this song every brothers meeting on Friday nights. Wonderful song, extremely enjoyable. Everyone should sing this song


Cindy

West Richland, Washington, United States

Dear Anonymous,

How precious we see in the word that Christ is our food! From Genesis to Revelation we can enjoy Him as our rich supply of food to eat. In John 6 He says “ I am the bread of life “. John 6:57 says, …he who eats Me shall live…”

We can eat Him and enjoy Him by the exercise of our spirit. Zachariah 12:1 … “ and He formed a spirit within man. “ We can exercise our spirit or “ eat Him” by calling on the Lord’s name, praying the word and singing hymns! I know this is a short answer to such a rich question but I have been helped through the years by these sweet and simple practices.

Although the practice of speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs is clearly revealed in the New Testament (cf. Col. 3:16), most Christians have never seen it or tried it. Most know only the traditional "Sunday morning service." Even in our meetings, this practice is rare. Psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs are good not only for singing but also for speaking. Hymns, #1151 says, "Drink! A river pure and clear that's flowing from the throne; / Eat! The tree of life... / Do come, oh, do come, / Says Spirit and the Bride." Such hymns are good for speaking to one another.

The believers' growth in life has a source, and the source is the eternal Word—God in eternity (John 1:1-2; 1 John 1:1) in whom is life (John 1:4a; 1 John 1:2). Singing to the Lord can help us to grow in life by contacting God as the source of life. If we would sing a hymn such as #1151 in Hymns three times every morning for one week, we would be different persons. Instead of being dead and dying, we would be those who are living and growing in the divine life.

...God, as the second crystal in the writings of John, is unveiled as the fountain (source) of life. I am burdened to present a living, vivid picture of what God is and of how God is to us. In this message I want to stress that God our Father is a fountain. The fountain is the real source, this fountain emerges as a spring, and the spring gushes out a river. In 1977 I went with some other brothers to see the Holy Land. We went to the foothills of Lebanon where there was a fountain and a spring gushing out a river, the river Jordan. This is a good picture of our God.

Very rarely is God presented to people in this way. From now on we should present our God to others in this way in our gospel preaching, not by big congregations but by our speaking to individuals in our functioning as prophets and as sons of God. We should say to people, "Have you ever got to know that God is a fountain, Christ is a spring, and the Spirit is a river?" Many people would open up to us when we preach the gospel in this way. Because they have never heard such a thing, they will want to know more.

Hymns, #1151 speaks of our experience of God the Spirit as a river...

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