3537. King of the City Splendid

1. King of the City Splendid,
Eternal in the height,
May all our country’s cities
Grow holy in Thy sight;
Cleansed from the deeds of darkness—
Cities of light.

2. Teach love to gladden children
That know not childhood’s mirth,
Wronged of their rights—no beauty
In their scant reach of earth;
To hope’s large sunshine give them
A second birth.

3. Give joy to all the joyless,
Song’s voice to sorrows dumb,
May light invade with blessing
Each dark and deathly slum;
Into earth’s realms of horror
Thy Kingdom come!

4. Soon may our country’s cities
Thy robe of glory wear;
Each place of toil a temple,
Each house a home of prayer;
Each city’s name of beauty—
The Lord is there!

Text Information
First Line: King of the City Splendid
Title: King of the City Splendid
Author: George T. Coster (1897)
Meter: 76.76.74
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Written at Bedford Park, London, August 18, 1897, and published in the Congregationalist weekly The Independent, January 27, 1898.
Tune Information
Name: CITY OF LIGHT
Composer: Arthur Vennell Coster, 1864-1931
Meter: 76.76.74
Incipit: 53512 33354 14335
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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