Scripture Verse

The street of the city was pure gold. Revelation 21:21

Introduction

Words: Ge­nev­ra K. Hick­man, in His Voice of Love (Law­rence­burg, Ten­nes­see: James D. Vaugh­an, 1924), num­ber 7.

Music: Charles W. Vaugh­an (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Beyond these dear hills
We shall soon pass away,
A bright, heav’n­ly coun­try to view;
Where Je­sus awaits
At the pear­ly white gates,
I’d like to live there with you.

Refrain

I’d like to live there,
I mean to live there,
With Je­sus our Sav­ior so true;
There safe in the fold
Where the streets are all gold,
I’d like to live there with you.

The years are so ma­ny
To spend in that home,
And hap­pi­ness there, ev­er new,
O won’t you pre­pare
That bright home now to share?
I’d like to live there with you.

Refrain

O come to the Sav­ior,
And wor­ship Him now,
For soon you must bid friends adieu;
Lest Je­sus pass by
And will hear not your cry,
I’d like to live there with you.

Refrain

We’ve passed many mile­stones
Together down here;
Up there, why not pass them anew?
And sing songs of love
In that ci­ty ab­ove,
I’d like to live there with you.

Refrain