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That Beautiful City
Author: Lanta Wilson Smith Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: I know that afar in God's boundless realm Refrain First Line: That beautiful city is home to me
That Beautiful City
[I know that afar in God’s boundless realm]
Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: G. W. Elderkin Incipit: 51111 11766 65555 Used With Text: That Beautiful City
[I know that afar in God’s boundless realm]
That Beautiful City
Author: Lanta Wilson Smith Hymnal: The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 #192 (1904) First Line: I know that afar in God’s boundless realm Refrain First Line: That beautiful city is home to me Lyrics: 1 I know that afar in God’s boundless realm,
Perhaps ‘mid the starry spaces,
Lies the promised home of the saints redeemed,
Replete with celestial graces;
In dreams I have walked on the streets of gold,
As I sought for my own fair dwelling,
And voices I knew and loved of old,
I’ve heard in the music swelling.
Refrain:
That beautiful city is home to me,
Each day it is growing dearer;
And voices that call from beyond the sea
Are drawing me nearer and nearer.
2 That beautiful city with jasper walls,
Ne’er closes its pearly portals,
And the healing pow’r of its holy Light
Sweeps over the blest immortals;
There sorrow and tears shall be wiped away,
In the dawn of an endless morning,
Our triumphs of faith like stars shall shining—
Bright crowns for the soul’s adorning. [Refrain]
3 The longings of life shall be satisfied,
The fetters of earth be broken,
And the rods imprisoned within the soul,
With rapture shall then be spoken;
The music that sorrow hath hushed awhile,
And the silence of life’s sad story,
Shall leap into songs of perfect joy,
Attuned to eternal glory. [Refrain] Topics: Heaven Tune Title: [I know that afar in God’s boundless realm]
That Beautiful City
That Beautiful City
Author: Lanta Wilson Smith Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #11587 First Line: I know that afar in God’s boundless realm Refrain First Line: That beautiful city is home to me Lyrics: 1 I know that afar in God’s boundless realm,
Perhaps ’mid the starry spaces,
Lies the promised home of the saints redeemed,
Replete with celestial graces;
In dreams I have walked on the streets of gold,
As I sought for my own fair dwelling;
And voices I knew and loved of old,
I’ve heard in the music swelling.
Refrain:
That beautiful city is home to me,
Each day it is growing dearer;
And voices that call from beyond the sea
Are drawing me nearer and nearer.
2 That beautiful city with jasper walls,
Ne’er closes its pearly portals,
And the healing power of its holy light
Sweeps over the blest immortals;
There sorrow and tears shall be wiped away,
In the dawn of an endless morning,
Our triumphs of faith like stars shall shine—
Bright crowns for the soul’s adorning. [Refrain]
3 The longings of life shall be satisfied,
The fetters of earth be broken,
And the words imprisoned within the soul,
With rapture shall then be spoken;
The music that sorrow hath hushed awhile,
And the silence of life’s sad story,
Shall leap into songs of perfect joy,
Attuned to eternal glory. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [I know that afar in God’s boundless realm]
That Beautiful City
That Beautiful City
Author: Lanta Wilson Smith Hymnal: Celestial Songs #694 (1921) First Line: I know that afar in God's boundless realm Refrain First Line: That beautiful city is home to me Languages: English Tune Title: [I know that afar in God's boundless realm]
That Beautiful City
Lanta Wilson Smith
1856 - 1939 Author of "That Beautiful City" in The Finest of the Wheat No. 3
Lanta Wilson Smith
G. W. Elderkin
1879 - 1965 Composer of "[I know that afar in God’s boundless realm]" in The Finest of the Wheat No. 3 Born: October 5, 1879, Chicago, Illinois.
Elderkin and his wife Margaret were living in Cook County, Illinois, in 1900 & 1910. By 1920, he was in Princeton, New Jersey, and was there as late as 1942. His works include:
Songs of the Century, with John Sweney & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: George D. Elderkin Publishing Company, 1900)
The Redeemer’s Praise, with James Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: George D. Elderkin Publishing Company, 1906)
Aspects of the Speech in the Later Greek Epic, 1906
Problems in Periclean Buildings, 1912
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G. W. Elderkin
