Scripture Verse

There shall be no night there. Revelation 21:25

Introduction

Words: Ida G. Tre­maine, in Chris­tian En­dea­vor Hymns, ed­it­ed by Ira D. San­key (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts & New York: Unit­ed So­ci­ety of Chris­tian En­dea­vor and Big­low & Main, 1894), num­ber 10.

Music: Mo­zam­bique Hu­bert P. Main (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Tre­maine (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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Hubert P. Main (1839–1925)

Lyrics

There is a land be­yond the stars,
Glory Land, bright Glo­ry Land!
Beyond the sun­set’s crim­son bars—
Glory Land, bright Glo­ry Land!
A land of peace with­out al­loy;
Of joy be­yond all earth­ly joy;
And naught its calm can e’er de­stroy—
Glory Land, bright Glo­ry Land!

The ci­ty of our God is there,
Glory Land, bright Glo­ry Land!
Its jas­per walls with beau­ty fair,
Glory Land, bright Glo­ry Land!
Its gates of pearl like sil­ver gleam,
Its skies with fade­less sun­light beam;
And thro’ it rolls life’s crys­tal stream,
Glory Land, bright Glo­ry Land!

We lift our eyes by faith and see,
Glory Land, bright Glo­ry Land!
Where Christ Him­self the light shall be,
Glory Land, bright Glo­ry Land!
There songs of praise glad hearts shall sing;
The ra­di­ant air with mu­sic ring;
Each voice pro­claim our Sav­ior King,
Glory Land, bright Glo­ry Land!