That Heavenly City

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A heavenly city is waiting above

Alterer: Simeon J. Calvert (1913)
Tune: [A heavenly city is waiting above]
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1 A heavenly city is waiting above,
Prepared by our Savior’s own hand,
For all of God’s children who trust in His love
While traveling on to that land.

Refrain:
Leave the darkness, dear sinner, why wait so long?
O trust in the Savior’s blest love,
And evermore dwell with the glorious throng
In that heavenly city above!

2 When we to that city shall cross o’er the tide,
And loved ones have welcomed us in,
With Jesus our Savior, we e’er shall abide,
Secure from all sorrow and sin. [Refrain]

3 O yes, ’twill be glorious to gain that bright shore,
And live with our Savior up there,
To sing with the angels the sweet story o’er,
And all of Heav’n’s blessings to share. [Refrain]

4 O sinner, now yield to the Savior and live,
For He is the Truth and the Way;
He’ll cleanse you from evil and freely forgive,
And you shall be happy each day! [Refrain]

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Alterer: Simeon J. Calvert

Born: May 22, 1878, Cullman County, Alabama. Died: July 1956, Cullman, Alabama. Buried: Good Hope Cemetery, Good Hope, Alabama. We have little data on Calvert, except that he was a minister. --www.hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	A heavenly city is waiting above
Title:	That Heavenly City
Alterer:	Simeon J. Calvert (1913)
Source:	New Songs of Praise by Alverd E. Helton et. al. (Lenoir, North Carolina: The Teachers' Music Publishing Company, 1913), number 91
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Leave the darkness, dear sinner, why wait so long?
Copyright:	Public Domain