There's a City, I'm Told

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There's a city, I'm told, whose streets are of gold

Author: Abner P. Cobb
Tune: [There's a city, I'm told, whose streets are of gold]
Published in 4 hymnals

Author: Abner P. Cobb

Born: October 27, 1853, Wooster, Ohio. Died: February 11, 1923. Buried: Fairlawn Cemetery, Decatur, Illinois. Cobb’s family moved to Decatur, Illinois, when he was about 13 years old. As a young man, he worked as a machinist. He graduated from Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois, in 1878, and pastored in Normal, Washburn, Petersburg and Springfield, Illinois; Des Moines, Iowa; Covington, Kentucky; and San Antonio, Texas. He was also an active evangelist, attending meetings in Boston, New York City, Minneapolis, and other major cities. --www.hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

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First Line:	There's a city, I'm told, whose streets are of gold
Title:	There's a City, I'm Told
Author:	Abner P. Cobb
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O city, O city, so wondrous and fair
Copyright:	Public Domain