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I'm Seeking that Beautiful City

Author: Eden Reeder Latta Appears in 2 hymnals Refrain First Line: I'm seeking that city, that city of gold

[I'm seeking that beautiful city]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. E. Hall Incipit: 55655 65155 67667 Used With Text: I'm Seeking that Beautiful City

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I'm Seeking that Beautiful City

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.3 #80 (1892) Refrain First Line: I’m seeking that city, that city of gold Lyrics: 1 I’m seeking that beautiful city, So oft in the bible foretold, Where sorrow and death cannot enter The beautiful city of gold. I’m seeking that city, that city of gold, So oft in the bible foretold, Where sorrow and death cannot enter That beautiful city of gold. 2 I’m seeking that beautiful city, Where saints in their blessedness dwell; Where never a teardrop has fallen, And never a word of farewell. I’m seeking that city, that city of gold, So oft in the bible foretold, Where never a teardrop has fallen, And never a word of farewell. 3 I’m seeking that beautiful city, So free from all danger and strife, The city with lasting foundation, That stands by the river of life. I’m seeking that city, that city of gold, So oft in the bible foretold, The city with lasting foundation, That stands by the river of life. 4 I’m seeking that beautiful city, Where children angelic abide; The peaceful and blest habitation, The city that’s over the tide. I’m seeking that city, that city of gold, So oft in the bible foretold, The peaceful and blest habitation, The city that’s over the tide. Topics: Heaven Tune Title: [I'm seeking that beautiful city]

I'm Seeking that Beautiful City

Author: E. R. Latta Hymnal: Triumphant Songs Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #80 (1894) Refrain First Line: I'm seeking that city, that city of gold Languages: English Tune Title: [I'm seeking that beautiful city]

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E. R. Latta

1839 - 1915 Author of "I'm Seeking that Beautiful City" in Triumphant Songs No.3 Rv Eden Reeder Latta USA 1839-1915. Born at Haw Patch, IN, the son of a Methodist minister, (also a boyhood friend of hymn writer Willam A Ogden) he became a school teacher. During the American Civil War he preached for the Manchester Methodist Church and other congregations (possibly as a circuit rider filling empty pulpits). In 1863 he married Mary Elizabeth Wright, and they had five children: Arthur, Robert, Jennie, two others. He taught for the public schools of Manchester, and later Colesburg, IA. He moved to Guttenberg, IA, in the 1890s, and continued writing song lyrics for several major gospel composers, including William Ogden, James McGranahan, James Fillmore, and Edmund Lorenz. He wrote 1600+ songs and hymns, many being widely popular in his day. His older brother, William, composed hymn tunes. He died at Guttenbert, IA. John Perry

J. E. Hall

Composer of "[I'm seeking that beautiful city]" in Triumphant Songs No.3 Hall, Jane E., of Battleborough, Vermont, has in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 18S1, under the initials "J. E. H.," (1) "The love that Jesus had for me" (Love of Jesus); (2) "We shall have a new name in that land" (The New Name). The music in Sankey to these hymns is also by the same person. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)