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
Words: James H. Gaddis, in Telling Jesus (Hudson, North Carolina: Teachers’ Music Publishing, 1922), number 91.
Music: Green Bay J. Lonzo Hodges, 1922 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Hodges or Gaddis,
At set of sun when life is o’er,
And I on earth no longer dwell,
I shall not wander any more,
But be with Christ where all is well.
Refrain
O Heav’n so bright, beyond life’s shore;
Some glad sweet day, I’m going o’er
To be at rest from sin’s despair,
And dwell forever in God’s care!
I wonder, as on faith I lean,
If I shall be a wretch undone,
And what eternity will mean,
When I must stand before God’s Son.
Refrain
The Gospel light has led me through
The miry clay of shame and sin;
I’ll run my race with courage new,
Until a crown of life I win.
Refrain