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Text: | Beyond Our Sight |
Author: | Maj. D. W. Whittle |
Tune: | [Beyond our sight a city four square lieth] |
Composer: | Geo. C. Stebbins |
1 Beyond our sight a city four-square lieth,
Above the clouds, the fogs and mists of earth;
And none but souls that Jesus purifieth
Can see its walls, or hear its holy mirth.
Refrain:
Beyond our sight, beyond our night,
Beyond this world’s sad story;
That city bright, it stands in light,
The home of all the holy.
2 Secure and strong, this heav’nly city builded
By Christ the Lamb for all the blood-wash’d throng,
Gleams fair and bright, with golden glory gilded,
For ever thrilling with triumphant song. [Refrain]
3 There, on the throne, the Lamb, once slain is seated,
The Shepherd’s joy upon His holy face;
While countless hosts, their warfare all completed,
In circling bands, lift ceaseless songs of praise. [Refrain]
4 O sor’wing souls, beneath earth’s burdens bending,
Lift up your eyes to yonder city fair;
And thro’ your tears let praise be still ascending
For rest, and home, and loved ones waiting there. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Beyond our sight a city four square lieth |
Title: | Beyond Our Sight |
Author: | Maj. D. W. Whittle |
Refrain First Line: | Beyond our sight, beyond our sight |
Publication Date: | 1904 |
Topic: | Heaven and Homeland |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Beyond our sight a city four square lieth] |
Composer: | Geo. C. Stebbins |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |