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Text: | City of God, How Broad and Far |
Author: | Samuel Johnson |
Tune: | GRÄFENBERG |
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 th'Eternal Rock
Th'eternal city stands.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | City of God, how broad and far |
Title: | City of God, How Broad and Far |
Author: | Samuel Johnson (1860) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Publication Date: | 1957 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GRÄFENBERG |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | J. Crüger's "Praxis Pietatis Melica," 1653 |