301 | CPWI Hymnal#302 | 303 |
Text: | City of God, how broad and far |
Author: | Samuel Johnson, 1822-1882 |
Tune: | RICHMOND |
Adapter: | Samuel Webbe, the elder, 1740-1816 |
Composer: | Thomas Haweis, 1734-1820 |
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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | City of God, how broad and far |
Author: | Samuel Johnson, 1822-1882 |
Meter: | C.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Topic: | General Hymns: Church/Fellowship/Mission |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | RICHMOND |
Composer: | Thomas Haweis, 1734-1820 |
Adapter: | Samuel Webbe, the elder, 1740-1816 |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | F Major |
Notes: | A higher setting of RICHMOND is found at 367 |