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Text:There Is A Habitation
Author:Love Humphreys Jameson
Tune:[There is a habitation]
Composer:James Holmes Rosecrans
Media:MIDI file

10556. There Is A Habitation

1 There is a habitation,
Built by the living God,
For all of every nation,
Who seek that grand abode.

Refrain:
O Sion, Sion,
I long thy gates to see;
O Sion, Sion,
When shall I dwell in thee?

2 A city with foundations,
Firm as th’eternal throne;
Nor wars, nor desolations
Shall ever move a stone. [Refrain]

3 No night is there, no sorrow,
No death, and no decay;
No yesterday, no morrow—
But one eternal day. [Refrain]

4 Within its pearly portals,
Angelic armies sing,
With glorified immortals,
The praises of its king. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: There is a habitation
Title: There Is A Habitation
Author: Love Humphreys Jameson (1882)
Refrain First Line: O Sion, Sion
Language: English
Source: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book by James H. Fillmore, Sr. (Cincinnati: Fillmore Brothers, 1882)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [There is a habitation]
Composer: James Holmes Rosecrans
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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