The Beautiful City

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We are told of a wonderful city, Where the meek and the lowly find rest

Author: Judson W. Van DeVenter
Tune: [We are told of a wonderful city]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: Judson W. Van DeVenter

Judson W. Van DeVenter was born 15 December 1855 on a farm near the village of Dundee, Michigan. He was educated in the country and village schools, and at Hillsdale College. He later moved to St. Petersburg, Florida. He wrote about 100 hymns. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	We are told of a wonderful city, Where the meek and the lowly find rest
Title:	The Beautiful City
Author:	Judson W. Van DeVenter
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	There's a beautiful city a home for the soul