When we reach the golden city,
When we pass the pearly gate,
Where our friends, who went before us,
For our coming watch and wait.

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We will walk in the streets of the city,
With our loved ones gone before;
We will sit on the banks of the river,
We will meet to part no more.

Here our happy hearts already
Taste by faith the bliss of Heav’n;
To our hungry souls the manna
From above is freely giv’n.

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But how great will be our pleasure,
When we, free from sin and pain,
On the other side of Jordan,
See each other there again.

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Then we’ll gladly wait a little,
Gladly still our burdens bear;
Soon we’ll get a crown of glory,
Soon we’ll Jesus’ well done hear.

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