The wall was made of jasper, and the city of pure gold, as pure as glass. The foundations of the city walls were decorated with every kind of precious stone.
Revelation 21:18–19
Words: M. Lowrie Hofford, in Wreath of Praise, by Asa Hull (New York; Cincinnati, Ohio; & Chicago, Illinois: Daniel W. Knowles, John Church & Henry A. Sumner, 1879), page 12.
Music: Gliwice James H. Rosecrans (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Hofford (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Jerusalem the beautiful!
Its glories are untold;
Its walls are built of precious stones,
Its pavements made of gold;
Its mansions for the ransomed ones
In matchless splendor shine;
Jerusalem, the beautiful!
Jerusalem divine!
Jerusalem the beautiful!
Its gates of pearly white,
To voice of prayer and song of praise
Are open day and night;
And shining ones around the throne
In sweeter raptures sing;
Jerusalem, the beautiful!
Where saints their tributes bring.
Jerusalem, the beautiful!
My everlasting rest!
My glorious home, the saints’ abode,
The city of the blest;
The temple of the Holy One,
Thy light is all divine;
Jerusalem, the beautiful!
I love to call thee mine.