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Author: H. G. S. Appears in 7 hymnals First Line: God bids his people on the earth Refrain First Line: We'll live in tents until our feet Lyrics: 1 God bids his people on the earth, Before he comes and calls them hence To live unknit to home and hearth, Like far bound travelers in tents. Chorus: We'll live in tents until our feet Shall reach the land by sin untrod, The gate of pearl, the golden street, Whose Builder and whose Maker, God. 2 It is his will that we should pass Like strangers, sep'rate and aside From all the vain and worldly mass That crowd the Babylons of pride. [Chorus] 3 He'd have us rear no stately towers, Sink no foundation walls of stone, But camp each night a few short hours, And ere the morrow's dawn move on. [Chorus] 4 O brother, whatsoever chain Binds us to fleshly lust and strife, Here let us rend it in God's name, And live, henceforth, the pilgrim life. [Chorus] Topics: Living His Life Pilgrimage; Living His Life Pilgrimage; Living His Life Pilgrimage Used With Tune: [God bids his people on the earth]

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[God bids His people on the earth]

Appears in 4 hymnals Incipit: 56713 27122 22343 Used With Text: We'll Live In Tents

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We'll Live in Tents

Author: H. G. S. Hymnal: Christ in Song #483 (1908) First Line: God bids his people on the earth Refrain First Line: We'll live in tents until our feet Lyrics: 1 God bids his people on the earth, Before he comes and calls them hence To live unknit to home and hearth, Like far bound travelers in tents. Chorus: We'll live in tents until our feet Shall reach the land by sin untrod, The gate of pearl, the golden street, Whose Builder and whose Maker, God. 2 It is his will that we should pass Like strangers, sep'rate and aside From all the vain and worldly mass That crowd the Babylons of pride. [Chorus] 3 He'd have us rear no stately towers, Sink no foundation walls of stone, But camp each night a few short hours, And ere the morrow's dawn move on. [Chorus] 4 O brother, whatsoever chain Binds us to fleshly lust and strife, Here let us rend it in God's name, And live, henceforth, the pilgrim life. [Chorus] Topics: Living His Life Pilgrimage; Living His Life Pilgrimage; Living His Life Pilgrimage Languages: English Tune Title: [God bids his people on the earth]