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Beautiful City

Representative Text

1 Beautiful city, blessed and fair,
Beautiful country, treasures most rare,
Beautiful land, who thy glories can tell—
With the redeem’d ones we there shall dwell.

Refrain:
Beautiful city, beautiful city,
Fashioned by Jesus the builder divine;
Beautiful city, beautiful city,
O when shall thy pleasures be mine.

2 Beautiful city, lovely thy light,
Beautiful city—never ‘tis night,
Beautiful mansion prepared there for me;
O how I long thy rich beauties to see. [Refrain]

3 Beautiful home when shall we be there,
Beautiful land, thy happiness share,
Beautiful city we long for the rest,
There with the Saviour be happy and blest. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Sovereign Grace #95

Author: Heinrich Batschure

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Text Information

First Line: Beautiful city, blessed and fair
Title: Beautiful City
Author: Heinrich Batschure
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Beautiful city, beautiful city
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #9414
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The Cyber Hymnal #9414

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