Scripture Verse

The city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. Revelation 21:23

Introduction

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J. S. Kimbrough

Words: J. S. Kim­brough, in The Best Gos­pel Songs and Their Com­pos­ers (Dal­ton, Geor­gia: An­tho­ny J. Sho­wal­ter, 1904), num­ber 45.

Music: Al­bert C. Neece (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Albert Neece (1870–1958)

Lyrics

No night in Heav’n! O bless­èd thought,
With joy and ho­ly rap­ture fraught,
No sha­dows veil its glo­ry bright,
Nor dim its ra­di­ant heav’n­ly light.

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To that fair land, O let me come,
When sinks at last life’s set­ting sun,
And hope in glad fru­ition blest,
Shall end in ev­er­last­ing rest.

No tears in Heav’n! no­thing but joy,
Sweet hap­pi­ness witho­ut al­loy,
No cry­ing there, no grief or pain,
No sor­rows ev­er come again.

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No long­ing for the day to come,
No wait­ing for the com­ing morn,
No wan­ing of the glo­ri­ous light,
No fad­ing of the land­scape bright.

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Celestial beau­ties ev­er­more
Shall bloom on that eter­nal shore,
While plea­sures die not nor de­cay,
In that bright clime of end­less day.

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