No Night There

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In the land of fadeless day

Author: John R. Clements (1899)
Tune: NO NIGHT THERE (Danks)
Published in 139 hymnals

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1 In the land of fadeless day
Lies the city four-square;
It shall never pass away,
And there is no night there.

Refrain:
God shall wipe away all tears;
There's no death, no pain, nor fears;
And they count not time by years,
For there is no night there.

2 All the gates of pearl are made,
In the city four-square;
All the streets with gold are laid,
And there is no night there. [Refrain]

3 And the gates shall never close
To the city four-square;
There life's crystal river flows,
And there is no night there. [Refrain]

4 There they need no sunshine bright,
In that city four-square;
For the Lamb is all the light,
And there is no night there. [Refrain]

Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #491

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Author: John R. Clements

John R. Clements was born in County Armagh, Ireland 28 November 1868 and was brought to the United States at the age of two years. He worked at the age of thirteen as a retail grocery clerk and had a successful wholesale grocery business. He began writing poetry when he was young. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	In the land of fadeless day
Title:	No Night There
Author:	John R. Clements (1899)
Meter:	7.6.7.6 with refrain
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	God shall wipe away all tears
Publication Date:	1899
Notes:	Swahili translation: See "Kwa mji wa mwangaza"
Copyright:	Public Domain