Methodist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#408

408. Hail the glorious Golden City

1 Hail the glorious Golden City,
Pictured by the seers of old!
Everlasting light shines o'er it,
Wondrous tales of it are told:
Only righteous men and women
Dwell within its gleaming wall;
Wrong is banished from its borders,
Justice reigns supreme o'er all.

2 We are builders of that city;
All our joys and all our groans
Help to rear its shining ramparts;
All our lives are living stones:
Whether humble or exalted,
All are called to task divine;
All must aid alike to carry
Forward one sublime design.

3 And the work that we have builded,
Oft with bleeding hands and tears,
And in error and in anguish,
Will not perish with our years:
It will last and shine transfigured
In the final reign of Right,
It will merge into the splendours
Of the City of the Light.

Text Information

• First Line: Hail the glorious Golden City
• Author: Felix Adler, 1851-
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Church and the Kingdom of God: Social Service

Tune Information

• Name: AUSTRIA
• Composer: F. J. Haydn, 1732-1809
• Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7
• Key: F Major or modal