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: Ar­ranged from Gur­don Rob­ins, 1843. Click here for the orig­in­al ver­sion.

Music: Da­ni­el B. Tow­ner, 1897 (🔊 pdf nwc)

Alternate Tunes:

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

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Daniel B. Towner (1850–1919)

Lyrics

There is a land mine eye hath seen
In vi­sions of en­rap­tured thought,
So bright that all which spread be­tween
Is with its ra­di­ant glo­ries fraught.

Refrain

Oh, land of love, of joy and light,
Thy glo­ries gild earth’s dark­est night;
Thy tran­quil shore, we, too, shall see,
When day shall break and sha­dows flee.

A land up­on whose bliss­ful shore
There rests no sha­dow, falls no stain;
There those who meet shall part no more,
And those long part­ed meet again.

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Its skies are not like earth­ly skies,
With va­ry­ing blues of shade and light;
It hath no need of suns to rise
To dis­si­pate the gloom of night.

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There sweeps no de­so­lat­ing wind
Across the calm, se­rene abode.
The wan­der­er there a home may find
Within the pa­ra­dise of God.

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