There Is a City Bright

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There is a city bright, Closed are its gates to sin

Author: Mary Anne S. Deck (1898)
Tune: CITY BRIGHT
Published in 16 hymnals

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1 There is a city bright;
Closed are its gates to sin;
Naught that defileth,
Naught that defileth,
Can ever enter in.

2 Saviour, I come to Thee!
O Lamb of God, I pray,
Cleanse me and save me,
Cleanse me and save me,
Wash all my sins away.

3 Lord, make me, from this hour,
Thy loving child to be;
Kept by Thy power,
Kept by Thy power,
From all that grieveth Thee:

4 Till in the snowy dress
Of Thy redeemed I stand,
Faultless and stainless,
Faultless and stainless,
Safe in that happy land!

Source: Revival Hymns and Choruses #526

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Author: Mary Anne S. Deck

Deck, Mary Ann Sanderson, née Gibson, born in 1813, is the author of "There is a city bright" (Heaven), in a few collections, including The Church Hymnary, 1898, and others. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	There is a city bright, Closed are its gates to sin
Title:	There Is a City Bright
Author:	Mary Anne S. Deck (1898)
Meter:	6.6.5.5.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain