City of God

On the banks of the river of life, In the midst of the city of God

Author: Love Humphreys Jameson
Tune: [On the banks of the river of life]
Published in 2 hymnals

Author: Love Humphreys Jameson

Born: April 17, 1811, Jefferson County, Indiana. Died: April 12, 1892, Indianapolis, Indiana. Buried: Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. Love Humphreys Jameson was born in Jefferson County in what was then the Territory of Indiana on May 17, 1811, the son of Thomas Jameson. Thomas had moved from Virginia to Kentucky around 1800 and later to the Indiana Territory in 1810 or early 1811. Thomas’s parents were members of the Calvinistic Kirk of Scotland and his wife’s parents held the views of the Church of England, but the family became Christians in 1816 with Love’s father and mother being baptized by John McClung, a young associate of Barton Warren Stone. Love, whose education was attended with all the difficulties ass… Go to person page >

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First Line: On the banks of the river of life, In the midst of the city of God
Title: City of God
Author: Love Humphreys Jameson
Language: English
Refrain First Line: To be there, to be there
Copyright: Public Domain

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Apostolic Hymns and Songs #86

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Songs of Rejoicing #114

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