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Beautiful City
Author: Franklin E. Belden Hymnal: Christ in Song #888 (1908) Topics: The Home Eternal City of God First Line: Beautiful city, haven of peace Refrain First Line: Beautiful city, haven of peace Lyrics: 1. Beautiful city, haven of peace,
Beautiful home where weeping shall cease;
When shall thy gates be opened to me?
When shall I rest forever in thee?
Refrain:
Beautiful city, haven of peace,
Home of the soul, where weeping shall cease;
Beautiful city, waiting for me,
When shall I rest forever in thee?
2. Beautiful city, haven of joy,
Heavenly praise our tongues shall employ;
Glad are thy songs that never grow old,
Bright are thy walls of jasper and gold. [Refrain]
3. Beautiful city, haven of rest,
Beautiful mansions, home of the blest;
O how I long thy glories to see!
Beautiful city, waiting for me. [Refrain]
Languages: English Tune Title: [Beautiful city, haven of peace]
Beautiful City
God of This City
Author: McCann; Boyd; Jordan; Comfort; Kernaghan; Bleakley Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #277 (2013) Topics: City First Line: You're the God of this city Scripture: Daniel 4:34-37 Languages: English Tune Title: GOD OF THIS CITY
God of This City
King of the city splendid
Author: G. T. Coster, 1835- Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #415 (1917) Topics: City Prayer for the; Prayer For the City ; City Prayer for the; Prayer For the City Lyrics: 1 King of the city splendid,
Eternal in the height,
May all our country's cities
Be holy in Thy sight:
Cleansed from the deeds of darkness
Cities of light.
2 Inspire the sons of labour,
That honest toil may be
Their token, in life's hardness,
Of loyalty to Thee.
That Thou mayst in their hand-work
Love's heart-work see.
3 Teach love to gladden children
Who know not childhood's mirth,
Wronged of their rights no beauty
In their scant reach of earth:
To hope's large sunshine give them
A second birth.
4 Lord, end the spell of passion,
Break Thou the drunkard's lure:
Thou art the one Physician
The human heart to cure;
The wavering will to strengthen,
Foul life make pure.
5 Soon may our country's cities
Thy robe of glory wear:
Each place of toil a temple,
Each house a home of prayer:
Each city's name of beauty
The Lord is There! Languages: English Tune Title: CITY OF LIGHT
King of the city splendid
Sing to Celebrate the City
Author: Shirley Erena Murray Hymnal: Worship in the city #69 (2015) Topics: Celebration City First Line: Sing to celebrate the city! Lyrics: 1. Sing to celebrate the city!sing the lives of people there,sing the work of skill and beauty,all who serve and all who care;in the dictates of the dollar,in the systems where we live,find the currency of kindness,eyes to smile and hearts to give.2. We who are the city’s traffic,driving, driven, keeping pace,name the God who makes us neighbours,gives our faith a human face:in the workplace of God’s people,in the high-rise and the homeour agenda is for justicechanging lives for good to come.3. Celebrate the art of living!every colour, every sport,every culture’s dance and music,every truth that love has taught.Be for God within our city,life and loving are not priced:light the light of joyful worship,set the table for the Christ!(alternative last four lines)Sing to celebrate the city!Sing the lives of people there,sing the work of skill and beautyall who serve and all who care. Languages: English
Sing to Celebrate the City
The Fathers Built This City
Author: William G. Tarrant Hymnal: The Hymnal for Boys and Girls #76 (1936) Meter: 7.6.8.6 D Topics: Our City Lyrics: 1 The fathers built this city
In ages long ago,
And busy in the busy streets,
They hurried to and fro;
The children played around them,
And sang the songs of yore,
Till one by one they fell asleep,
To work and play no more.
2 Yet still the city standeth,
A hive of toiling men,
And mother’s love makes happy home
For children now as then;
O God of ages, help us,
Such citizens to be,
That children’s children here may sing
The songs of liberty.
3 Let all the people praise thee,
Give all thy saving health,
Or vain the laborer’s strong right arm
And vain the merchant’s wealth,
Send out Thy light to banish
The shadows of the shame,
Till all the civic virtues shine
Around our city’s name.
4 A commonweal of brothers,
United, great and small,
Upon our banner blazoned be
The Charter, "Each for all!"
Nor let us cease from battle,
Nor weary sheathe the sword,
Until this city is become
The city of the Lord.
Amen. Tune Title: ALFORD
The Fathers Built This City
O Holy City, Seen of John
Author: Walter Russell Bowie Hymnal: Voices United #709 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Topics: A New Heaven and A New Earth Completion of Creation and City of God; City/City of God Lyrics: 1 O holy city, seen of John,
where Christ, the Lamb, doth reign,
within whose foursquare walls shall come
no night, nor need, nor pain,
and where the tears are wiped from eyes
that shall not weep again!
2 Hark, now from men whose lives are held
more cheap than merchandise,
from women struggling sore for bread,
from little children's cries,
there swells the sobbing human plaint
that bids thy walls arise.
3 O shame to us who rest content
while lust and greed for gain
in street and shop and tenement
wring gold from human pain,
and bitter lips in blind despair cry,
"Christ hath died in vain!"
4 Give us, O God, the strength to build
the city that hath stood
too long a dream, whose laws are love,
whose ways is brotherhood,
and where the sun that shineth is
God's grace for human good.
5 Already in the mind of God
that city riseth fair.
Lo, how its splendour challenges
the souls that greatly dare,
yea, bids us seize the whole of life
and build its glory there! Languages: English Tune Title: MORNING SONG
O Holy City, Seen of John
No Abiding City Here
Author: Thomas Kelly Hymnal: Christ in Song #925 (1908) Topics: The Home Eternal City of God First Line: We've no abiding city here Lyrics: 1. We've no abiding city here;
Sad truth, were this to be our home;
But let this thought our spirits cheer,
We seek a city yet to come,
We seek a city yet to come.
2. We've no abiding city here,
We seek a city out of sight;
Zion its name, the Lord is there,
It shines with ever lasting light,
It shines with ever lasting light.
3. O sweet abode of peace and love,
Where pilgrims freed from toil, are blest!
Had I the pinions of a dove,
I'd fly to thee, and be at rest,
I'd fly to thee, and be at rest.
4. But hush, my soul! nor dare repine;
The time my God appoints is best;
While here, to do his will be mine,
And his to fix my time of rest,
And his to fix my time of rest. Languages: English Tune Title: ANDRE
No Abiding City Here
The fathers built this city
Author: W. G. Tarrant, 1853- Hymnal: Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #394 (1917) Topics: City Purified and established; City Purified and established Lyrics: 1 The fathers built this city
In ages long ago,
And busy in its busy streets,
They hurried to and fro;
The children play around them
And sang the songs of yore;
Till, one by one, they fell asleep,
To work and play no more.
2 Yet still the city standeth,
A hive of toiling men,
And mother's love make happy homes
For children now as then;
O God of Ages, help us
Such citizens to be
That children's children here may sing
The songs of liberty.
3 Let all the people praise Thee;
Give all Thy saving health;
Or vain the lab'rer's strong right arm
And vain the merchant's wealth.
Send forth Thy light to banish
The shadows and the shame,
Till all the civic virtues shine
Around our city's name.
4 A commonweal of brothers,
United, great and small,
Upon our banner blazon'd be,
The charter "Each for all!"
Nor let us cease from battle,
Nor weary sheathe the sword,
Until this city is become
The city of the Lord.
Languages: English Tune Title: ALFORD
The fathers built this city
"We've no abiding city here"
Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #447 (1828) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: "For here have we no continuing City, but we seek one to come" Lyrics: 1 "We've no abiding city here,"
This may distress the worldly mind;
But should not cost a saint a tear,
Who hopes a better rest to find.
2 "We've no abiding city here,"
Sad truth were this to be our home;
But let this thought our spirits cheer,
"We seek a city yet to come."
3 "We've no abiding city here,"
Then let us live as pilgrims do;
Let not the world our rest appear;
But let us haste from all below.
4 "We've no abiding city here,"
We seek a city out of sight:
Zion it's name,--the Lord is there,
It shines with everlasting light.
5 O! sweet abode of peace and love,
Where pilgrims freed from toil are blest!
Had I the pinions of the dove,
I'd flee to thee, and be at rest.
6 But hush, my soul, nor dare repine!
The time my God appoints is best:
While here, to do his will be mine;
And his to fix my time of rest.
Scripture: Hebrews 13:14
"We've no abiding city here"
O Holy City, Seen of John
Author: Walter Russell Bowie Hymnal: The Hymnbook #508 (1955) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Topics: City, The; Kingdom of God on Earth, The City, The Lyrics: 1 O Holy City, seen of John,
Where Christ, the Lamb, doth reign,
Within whose four-square walls shall come
No night, nor need, nor pain,
And where the tears are wiped from eyes
That shall not weep again!
2 O shame to us who rest content
While lust and greed for gain
In street and shop and tenement
Wring gold from human pain,
And bitter lips in blind despair
Cry, "Christ hath died in vain"!
3 Give us, O God, the strength to build
The city that hath stood
Too long a dream, whose laws are love,
Whose ways are brotherhood,
And where the sun that shineth is
God's grace for human good.
4 Already in the mind of God
That city riseth fair.
Lo, how its splendor challenges
The souls that greatly dare—
Yea, bids us seize the whole of life
And build its glory there.
Amen. Scripture: Revelation 21:2-4 Tune Title: MORNING SONG
O Holy City, Seen of John
Through the Heart of Every City
Author: Sylvia Dunstan Hymnal: Voices United #584 (1996) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: City/City of God Tune Title: HERMON
Through the Heart of Every City
O holy city, seen of John
Author: Walter Russell Bowie, 1882-1969 Hymnal: The Book of Praise #711 (1997) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Topics: City / City of God Lyrics: 1 O holy city, seen of John,
where Christ, the Lamb, doth reign,
within whose foursquare walls shall come
no night, nor need, nor pain,
and where the tears are wiped from eyes
that shall not weep again!
2 Hark, how from men whose lives are held
more cheap than merchandise,
from women struggling sore for bread,
from little children's cries,
there swells the sobbing human plaint
that bids thy walls arise.
3 Oh shame to us who rest content
while lust and greed for gain
in street and shop and tenement
wring gold from human pain,
and bitter lips in blind despair
cry “Christ hath died in vain!”
4 Give us, O God, the strength to build
the city that hath stood
too long a dream, whose laws are love,
whose crown is servanthood,
and where the sun that shineth is
God’s grace for human good.
5 Already in the mind of God
that city riseth fair:
lo, how its splendour challenges
the souls that greatly dare–
yea, bids us seize the whole of life
and build its glory there. Scripture: Hebrews 11:10 Languages: English Tune Title: MORNING SONG
O holy city, seen of John
All who love and serve your city
Author: Erik Routley, 1917-1982 Hymnal: The Book of Praise #721 (1997) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: City / City of God Lyrics: 1 All who love and serve your city,
all who bear its daily stress,
all who cry for peace and justice,
all who curse and all who bless:
2 in your day of loss and sorrow,
in your day of helpless strife,
honour, peace and love retreating,
seek the Lord, who is your life.
3 In your day of wealth and plenty,
wasted work and wasted play,
call to mind the word of Jesus,
"You must work while it is day."
4 For all days are days of judgement,
and the Lord is waiting still,
drawing near a world that spurns him,
offering peace from Calvary's hill.
5 Risen Lord, shall yet the city
be the city of despair?
Come today, our Judge, our Glory,
be its name “The Lord is there!" Scripture: Isaiah 55:6 Languages: English Tune Title: CHARLESTOWN
All who love and serve your city
All Who Love and Serve Your City
Author: Erik Routley Hymnal: Ecumenical Praise #54 (1977) Topics: Christian Concern Society and City Lyrics: 1 All who love and serve your city,
All who bear its daily stress,
All who cry for peace and justice,
All who curse and all who bless.
2 In your day of loss and sorrow,
In your day of helpless strife,
Honor, peace and love retreating,
Seek the Lord, who is your life.
3 In your day of wealth and plenty,
Wasted work and wasted play,
Call to mind the word of Jesus,
'Work ye yet while it is day.'
4 For all days are days of judgment,
And the Lord is waiting still,
Drawing near to men who spurn him,
Offering peace from Calvary's hill.
5 Risen Lord, shall yet the city,
Be the city of despair?
Come today, our Judge, our Glory,
Be its name, 'The Lord is there!' Scripture: Luke 19:41 Languages: English Tune Title: BIRABUS
All Who Love and Serve Your City
Hail the Glorious Golden City
Author: Felix Adler, 1851-1933 Hymnal: Singing the Living Tradition #140 (1993) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: The City Lyrics: 1 Hail the glorious golden city,
pictured by the seers of old:
everlasting light shines o'er it,
wondrous tales of it are told.
Wise and righteous men and women
dwell within its gleaming wall;
wrong is banished from its borders,
justice reigns supreme o'er all.
2 We are builders of that city.
All our joys and all our groans
help to rear its shining ramparts;
all our lives are building stones.
Whether humble or exalted,
all are called to task divine;
all must aid alike to carry
forward one sublime design.
3 And the work that we have builded,
oft with bleeding hands and tears,
oft in error, and in anguish,
will not perish with our years:
it will live and shine transfigured
in the final reign of right:
it will merge into the splendors
of the city of the light. Languages: English Tune Title: HYFRYDOL
Hail the Glorious Golden City
O Holy City, Seen of John
Author: Walter Russell Bowie Hymnal: Worship in Song #291 (1996) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Topics: City Lyrics: 1 O holy city, seen of John,
Where Christ, the Lamb, does reign,
Within whose foursquare walls shall come
No night, nor need, nor pain,
And where the tears are wiped from eyes
That shall not weep again!
2 O shame to us who rest content
While lust and greed for gain.
In street and shop and tenement
Wring gold from human pain,
And bitter lips in blind despair
Cry “Christ has died in vain!”
3 Give us, O God, the strength to build
The city that hath stood
Too long a dream, whose laws are love,
Whose ways are servant-hood,
And where the sun that shines becomes
God’s grace for human good.
4 Already in the mind of God
That city rises fair.
Lo, how its splendor challenges
The souls that greatly dare,
And bids us seize the whole of life
And build its glory there. Scripture: Revelation 21 Tune Title: MORNING SONG
O Holy City, Seen of John
The fathers built this city
Author: Rev. William George Tarrant Hymnal: The Hymnal #408 (1950) Meter: 7.6.8.6 D Topics: The Kingdom of God on Earth The City; City, The Lyrics: 1 The fathers built this city
In ages long ago,
And, busy in its busy streets,
They hurried to and fro;
The children played around them
And sang the songs of yore,
Till, one by one, they fell asleep,
To work and play no more.
2 Yet still the city standeth,
A hive of toiling men,
And mother’s love makes happy home
For children now as then;
O God of ages, help us,
Such citizens to be,
That children’s children here may sing
The songs of liberty!
3 Let all the people praise Thee,
Give all Thy saving health,
Or vain the laborer’s strong right arm
And vain the merchant’s wealth;
Send forth Thy light to stablish
The glory of the Word,
Until this city is become
The city of the Lord!
Amen. Tune Title: PATMOS
The fathers built this city
All Who Love and Serve Your City
Author: Erik Routley Hymnal: The United Methodist Hymnal #433 (1989) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: City Lyrics: 1 All who love and serve your city,
all who bear its daily stress,
all who cry for peace and justice,
all who curse and all who bless:
2 In your day of loss and sorrow,
in your day of helpless strife,
honor, peace, and love retreating,
seek the Lord, who is your life.
3 In your day of wealth and plenty,
wasted work and wasted play,
call to mind the word of Jesus,
"Work ye yet while it is day."
4 For all days are days of judgment,
and the Lord is waiting still,
drawing near to all who spurn him,
offering peace from Calvary's hill.
5 Risen Lord, shall yet the city
be the city of despair?
Come today, our Judge, our Glory,
be its name, "The Lord is there!"
Scripture: Ezekiel 48:35 Languages: English Tune Title: CHARLESTOWN
All Who Love and Serve Your City
All Who Love and Serve Your City
Author: Erik Routley, b. 1917 Hymnal: Lutheran Book of Worship #436 (1978) Meter: 8.7.8.7 Topics: City Languages: English Tune Title: BIRABUS
All Who Love and Serve Your City
O Holy City, Seen of John
Author: Walter Russell Bowie Hymnal: The New Century Hymnal #613 (1995) Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Topics: City of God Lyrics: 1 O holy city, seen of John,
where Christ, the Lamb, does reign,
within whose foursquare walls shall come
no night, nor need, nor pain,
And where the tears are wiped from eyes
that shall not weep again.
2 O shame to us who rest content
while lust and greed for gain
in street and shop and tenement
wring gold from human pain,
And bitter lips in blind despair
cry “Christ has died in vain!”
3 Give us, O God, the strength to build
the city that has stayed
too long a dream, whose laws are love,
whose ways are your own ways,
And where the sun that blazes
is your grace for all our days.
4 Already in the mind of God
that city is prepared:
oh, how its splendor challenges
the souls that greatly dare,
Yes, bids us seize the whole of life
and build its glory there. Scripture: Revelation 21, 22:1-5 Languages: English Tune Title: MORNING SONG
O Holy City, Seen of John
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