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City of God, how broad and far
Author: Samuel Johnson, 1822 - 82 Appears in 166 hymnals Topics: The Church The People of God; The Church The House of God; The Propagation of the Gospel; City, Nation, World; Church Life and Work The Kingdom of God Lyrics: 1 City of God, how broad and far
Outspread thy walls sublime!
The true thy chartered freemen are
Of every age and clime:
2 One holy Church, one army strong,
One steadfast, high intent,
One working band, one harvest-song,
One King Omnipotent.
3 How purely hath thy speech come down
From man's primeval youth!
How grandly hath thine empire grown
Of freedom, love, and truth!
4 How gleam thy watch-fires through the night
With never-fainting ray!
How rise thy towers, serene and bright,
To meet the dawning day!
5 In vain the surge's angry shock,
In vain the drifting sands;
Unharmed upon the eternal Rock
The eternal city stands.
Used With Tune: RICHMOND (CHESTERFIELD)
City of God, how broad and far
City of God
Author: Dan Schutte, b. 1947 Appears in 13 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: Awake from your slumber Refrain First Line: Let us build the city of God Scripture: Isaiah 9:1-2 Used With Tune: [Awake from your slumber]
City of God
Is My Name Written There?
Author: Mrs. M. A. Kidder Appears in 405 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal City of God First Line: Lord, I care not for riches Refrain First Line: Is my name written there Lyrics: 1. Lord, I care not for riches,
Neither silver nor gold;
I would make sure of heaven,
I would enter the fold;
In the book of thy kingdom,
With its pages so fair,
Tell me, Jesus, my Saviour,
Is my name written there?
Chorus:
Is my name written there,
On the page white and fair?
In the book of thy kingdom,
Is my name written there?
2. Lord, my sins they are many,
Like the sands of the sea,
But thy blood, O my Saviour,
Is sufficient for me;
For thy promise is written
In bright letters that glow,
"Tho' your sins be as scarlet,
I will make them like snow." [Chorus]
3. O that beautiful city,
With its mansions of light,
With its glorified beings
In pure garments of white!
Where no evil thing cometh
To despoil what is fair,
Where the angels are watching,
Is my name written there? [Chorus]
Used With Tune: [Lord, I care not for riches]
Is My Name Written There?
O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be
Author: Peter Abelard; John Mason Neale Meter: 10.10.10.10 Appears in 137 hymnals Topics: New Heaven and a New Earth The Completion of Creation (The City of God) Lyrics: 1. O what their joy and their glory must be,
those endless sabbaths the blessed ones see;
crown for the valiant, to weary ones rest;
God shall be all, and in all ever blest.
2. Truly, "Jerusalem" name we that shore,
city of peace that brings joy evermore;
wish and fulfillment are not severed there,
nor do things prayed for come short of the prayer.
3. There, where no troubles distraction can bring,
we the sweet anthems of Zion shall sing;
while for thy grace, Lord, their voices of praise
thy blessed people eternally raise.
4. Now, in the meanwhile, with hearts raised on high,
we for that country must yearn and must sigh;
seeking Jerusalem, dear native land,
through our long exile on Babylon's strand.
5. Low before him with our praises we fall,
of whom, and in whom, and through whom are all;
of whom, the Father; and in whom, the Son,
through whom, the Spirit, with them ever One.
Used With Tune: O QUANTA QUALIA
O What Their Joy and Their Glory Must Be
O Holy City, Seen of John
Author: Walter Russell Bowie Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 89 hymnals Topics: A New Heaven and A New Earth Completion of Creation and City of God; City/City of God Lyrics: 1 O holy city, seen of John,
where Christ, the Lamb, doth reign,
within whose foursquare walls shall come
no night, nor need, nor pain,
and where the tears are wiped from eyes
that shall not weep again!
2 Hark, now from men whose lives are held
more cheap than merchandise,
from women struggling sore for bread,
from little children's cries,
there swells the sobbing human plaint
that bids thy walls arise.
3 O shame to us who rest content
while lust and greed for gain
in street and shop and tenement
wring gold from human pain,
and bitter lips in blind despair cry,
"Christ hath died in vain!"
4 Give us, O God, the strength to build
the city that hath stood
too long a dream, whose laws are love,
whose ways is brotherhood,
and where the sun that shineth is
God's grace for human good.
5 Already in the mind of God
that city riseth fair.
Lo, how its splendour challenges
the souls that greatly dare,
yea, bids us seize the whole of life
and build its glory there! Used With Tune: MORNING SONG
O Holy City, Seen of John
Glorious things of thee are spoken
Author: John Newton Appears in 1,292 hymnals Topics: City of God Used With Tune: AUSTRIA
Glorious things of thee are spoken
Marching to Zion
Author: Isaac Watts Appears in 1,787 hymnals Topics: The Home Eternal City of God First Line: Come, we that love the Lord Refrain First Line: We're marching to Zion Lyrics: 1. Come, we that love the Lord,
And let our joys be known,
Join in a song with sweet accord,
Join in a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne,
And thus surround the throne.
Chorus:
We're marching to Zion,
Beautiful, beautiful Zion;
We're marching upward to Zion,
The beautiful city of God.
2. Let those refuse to sing
Who never knew our God;
But children of the heav'nly King,
But children of the heav'nly King,
May speak their joys abroad,
May speak their joys abroad. [Chorus]
3. The hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heav'nly fields,
Before we reach the heav'nly fields,
Or walk the golden streets,
Or walk the golden streets. [Chorus]
4. Then let our song abound,
And ev'ry tear be dry;
We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground,
We're marching thro' Immanuel's ground,
To fairer worlds on high,
To fairer worlds on high. [Chorus]
Used With Tune: [Come, we that love the Lord]
Marching to Zion
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
Author: Frank Mason North Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 369 hymnals Topics: City of God Lyrics: 1 Where cross the crowded ways of life,
where sound the cries of race and clan,
above the noise of selfish strife,
we hear thy voice, O Son of Man.
2 In haunts of wretchedness and need,
on shadowed thresholds dark with fears,
from paths where hide the lures of greed,
we catch the vision of thy tears.
3 The cup of water given for thee
still holds the freshness of thy grace;
yet long these multitudes to see
the sweet compassion of thy face.
4 O Master, from the mountain side,
make haste to heal these hearts of pain;
among these restless throngs abide,
O tread the city's streets again;
5 till all thy people know thy love,
and follow where thy feet have trod;
till glorious from thy heaven above
shall come the city of our God.
Scripture: Matthew 10:42 Used With Tune: GERMANY
Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life
Arise, Shine Out, Your Light Has Come
Author: Brian Wren Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 4 hymnals Topics: New Heaven and a New Earth The Completion of Creation (The City of God) Lyrics: 1 Arise, shine out, your light has come,
unfolding city of our dreams.
On distant hills a glory gleams:
the new creation has begun.
2 Above earth's valleys, thick with night,
high on your walls the dawn appears,
and history shall dry its tears,
as nations march toward your light.
3 From walls surpassing time and space
unnumbered gates, like open hands,
shall gather gifts from all the lands
and welcome all the human race.
4 The sounds of violence shall cease
as dwellings of salvation rise
to sparkle in eternal skies
from avenues of praise and peace.
5 The dancing air shall glow with light,
and sun and moon give up their place,
when love shines out of every face,
our good, our glory, and delight.
Scripture: Isaiah 60:1-3 Used With Tune: DUNEDIN
Arise, Shine Out, Your Light Has Come
The State of the Heathen
Appears in 1,680 hymnals Topics: City of God First Line: From Greenland's icy mountains
The State of the Heathen
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