Scripture Verse

I…saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice out of Heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them, and be their God. Revelation 21:2–3

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: L. A. Mor­ris, 1910 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Mor­ris’ full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Oh, the ci­ty of the Lord is com­ing down,
Oh, the ci­ty of the Lord is com­ing down;
When the saints for Je­sus wait­ing
Shall re­ceive the vic­tor’s crown,
When the ci­ty of the Lord com­eth down.

Refrain

Cometh down, com­eth down,
When the ci­ty of the Lord com­eth down,
There’ll be glo­ry all around,
When the wait­ing saints are crowned;
When the ci­ty of the Lord com­eth down.

There’ll be joy in earth and Hea­ven in that day,
There’ll be joy in earth and Hea­ven in that day;
We’ll sing glo­ry, hal­le­lu­jah!
When we all re­ceive a crown,
When the ci­ty of the Lord com­eth down.

Refrain

All the peo­ple of the Lord shall be as one,
All the peo­ple of the Lord shall be as one;
When the Bride­groom comes in glo­ry,
And we all re­ceive a crown,
When the ci­ty of the Lord com­eth down.

Refrain

There will be no death nor sor­row in that day,
There will be no death nor sorrow in that day;
For the hand of God, our Fa­ther,
All our tears shall wipe away,
When the ci­ty of the Lord com­eth down.

Refrain

In that love­ly gold­en city we are told,
In that love­ly gold­en ci­ty we are told;
Saints will all unite in sing­ing
With a gold­en harp and crown,
When the ci­ty of the Lord com­eth down.

Refrain