Garden of Gold

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There's a beautiful city [country] that lies far away

Author: L. D. Santee
Tune: [There's a beautiful city that lies far away] (Brooks)
Published in 19 hymnals

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1. There’s a beautiful city that lies far away
From the earth with its burden of tears,
Where the night never enters, but shadowless day
Shines on through eternity’s years.

Refrain
O beautiful city, city of gold;
O beautiful city, treasures untold;
O beautiful city, city of gold;
When shall I rest in that beautiful city of gold?

2. From the shadows are lifted our sorrowful eyes
To the hills where the angels have trod,
And our hearts ever yearn for our home in the skies,
Our home in the garden of God. [Refrain]

3. And there all of our sorrows shall fade as a dream
As we enter the country of rest,
While before us in heavenly beauty shall gleam,
The mansions prepared for the blest. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #1692

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Author: L. D. Santee

Lorenzo Dow Santee, 1845-1919. Lorenzo Santee, a pioneer Seventh-day Adventist minister, served as a pastor in the state of Kansas and in Chicago and Moline, Kansas. He was also a writer and poet whose poem "When the King Shall Claim His Own" became the words for "In the Glad time of Harvest," Hymn #539 in the 1941 Seventh-day Adventist Church Hymnal. Lorenzo was born in Hornell, New York, on September 19, 1845, and raised in Steuben County, New York, near Hornell, the oldest of twelve children of James Moore and Celina Coal Santee. He and his parents accepted the doctrine of the second coming of Christ and the SDA interpretation of Revelation 14 when he was very young. He moved to Illinois in his late teens, attended Tremont College and… Go to person page >

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First Line:	There's a beautiful city [country] that lies far away
Title:	Garden of Gold
Author:	L. D. Santee
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O, beautiful city, city of gold
Copyright:	Public Domain