1 I know there's a beautiful city,
Where sorrows forever are o'er
For those who are trusting in Jesus,
On that beautiful golden shore.
Refrain:
'Tis there I am going,
When toiling is o'er
With Jesus, my Savior,
On that beautiful shore.
2 I know there's a wonderful city,
Its glories have never been told;
Its walls are of beautiful jasper,
And its streets are all laid with gold. [Refrain]
3 I know there's a glorious city,
Where loved ones are waiting for me,
No evil its portals can enter,
It is there that I long to be. [Refrain]
4 I know there's a city eternal,
A land where there cometh no night;
The beautiful home of the ransomed,
'Tis the city of pure delight. [Refrain]
Barratt, Alfred. (New Springs, Wigan, Lancashire, England, October 25, 1879--December, 1968). Coming to the United States as a young man, he studied at Gordon College, Massachusetts, and Newton Theological Seminary, Mass. He was ordained in December, 1913, by the Baptists in Connecticut, then by the Wheeling WV Presbytery, Presbyterian Church in the USA, in 1924. He was pastor of Dallas, West Virginia, then of a series of churches in the Presbytery of Clarion, Pennsylvania. In 1937 he was awarded the Doctor of Literature degree by Bob Jones College.
On November 26, 1962, he wrote the undersigned: "For 39 long years I have labored hard and steady writing sermons, children's story sermons, and hymns. Up to the present day I have written 4,… Go to person page >
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