The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16941

16941. It Is Sunrise

1 There’s a ci­ty bright, eter­nal,
In a coun­try al­ways ver­nal,
Where the saved shall meet
And dwell in sweet ac­cord;
In that home of joy and glad­ness,
Where there comes no tho’t of sad­ness,
We shall join in prais­ing
Christ the Lord.

Refrain:
It is sun­rise in Heav­en,
Wondrous sun­rise for­eve­r,
There the love-light of glo­ry
Nev­er, nev­er dies;
Sweetest mu­sic is ring­ing
Where the ran­somed are sing­ing,
With the Savior ’tis glad sun­rise.

2 There can be no soul re­pin­ing,
For love’s light is always shin­ing,
And the hap­py songs
Of saints for­ev­er ring;
Countless tongues are shout­ing "glo­ry,"
Telling o’er the grand old sto­ry
Of the cru­ci­fied and
Ris­en King. [Refrain]

3 In the bright, eter­nal cen­ter,
All is joy, no grief can en­ter,
’Tis a home pre­pared
By Je­sus for His own;
Shades of night in­vade it nev­er,
It is sun­rise there for­ever,
There we’ll know each oth­er
As we’re known. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: There’s a ci­ty bright, eter­nal
• Title: It Is Sunrise
• Author: Bernard Bates Edmiaston (1916)
• Language: English
• Source: Tidings of Glory by Emmett S. Dean (Waco, TX: Trio Music, 1916)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [There’s a ci­ty bright, eter­nal]
• Composer: Byrd A. McFarlin
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain