The City of Gold

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In the Bible we read of a city, Where the faithful shall never grow old

Author: Adger M. Pace (1929)
Tune: [In the Bible we read of a city] (Kitts)
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 In the Bible we read of a city
Where the faithful shall never grow old;
I have heard that its wonderful roadways
Are built of the purest gold.

Chorus:
I long for that city,
Its walls are of jasper I'm told;
I'm bound for that city,
That beautiful city of God.

2 On the Island of Patmos John saw it,
In its grandeur he saw it unfold;
And he saw its walls were of jasper,
This beautiful city of gold. [Chorus]

3 O they need not the sun in that city,
For the glory of God, we are told,
Is the light of that wonderful city,
The beautiful city of gold. [Chorus]

4 I expect to live there in that city
While the years of eternity roll;
I expect to live there with my Savior
In the beautiful city of gold [Chorus]

Source: The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship #57

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Author: Adger M. Pace

Born: August 13, 1882, Pelzer, South Carolina. Died: February 12, 1959, Lawrence County Hospital, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Buried: Dunn Methodist Church Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Pseudonyms: Millard A. Glenn; Charles H. Huff; Audalene Mayfield; Fay Wallington. Born August 13, 1882 near Pelzer, South Carolina, Adger M. Pace soon gained a love and appreciation for music that characterized the remainder of his life. He sang bass for seventeen years as a member of the Vaughan Radio Quartet, singing over WOAN--one of the South's first radio stations. He was also active in singing conventions, serving as one of the organizers and the first president of the National Singing Convention in 1937. Pace's most significant cont… Go to person page >

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First Line:	In the Bible we read of a city, Where the faithful shall never grow old
Title:	The City of Gold
Author:	Adger M. Pace (1929)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I long for that city
Copyright:	Public Domain