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

Words: Da­ni­el P. Air­hart, in Song-Land Mes­sen­ger Com­plete, ed­it­ed by Hor­ace Lin­coln (Dal­las, Tex­as: H. N. Lin­coln, 1890, 1891 & 1892), num­ber 16.

Music: Great Salt Lake Da­ni­el P. Air­hart, ar­ranged by Hor­ace N. Lin­coln (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

portrait
Horace Lincoln (1859–1948)

Lyrics

Beautiful ci­ty, built so far above,
Beautiful ci­ty, none on earth so fair;
Beautiful ci­ty, home of peace and love,
Beautiful ci­ty, saints of earth shall share.

Refrain

Beautiful ci­ty, won­der­ful ci­ty,
Glorious ci­ty, ci­ty of our king.

Wonderful ci­ty, decked with jew­els rare,
Wonderful ci­ty, bright­er far than day,
Wonderful ci­ty, crowns await us there,
Wonderful city, where we’ll dwell for aye.

Refrain

Glorious ci­ty, streets all paved with gold,
Glorious ci­ty, man­sions of the blest,
Glorious ci­ty, half has not been told,
Glorious ci­ty, saints’ eter­nal rest.

Refrain