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4 portions
Verse 1
There's a wonderful place we call home, 'Tis a city of glory divine, It is built in the garden of rest, And that beautiful home shall be mine, O that wonderful Eden, so blest, Where Jesus, the Master has gone To prepare us this glorious home. There He bids us a welcome to come.
Verse 2
O how sweet it will be there to dwell With the Savior and Father of all, In a palace of diamond and gold, Where no evil to us can befall; There no sorrow that home shall invade, And our loved ones no more there shall die; One celestial, unbroken, sweet day, While eternity's ages roll by.
Verse 3
When the jewels of Jesus are brought, There to shine in that land of sweet song, What a beautiful, beautiful thought That I shall be there in that throng; Sweetest peace to my soul it will be, To behold such a glorious sight, Where the sun and the moon neither shine, But the glory of God is the light.
Chorus
O wonderful city of God, (O wonderful city of God,) Just across in that beautiful clime, (Just across in that beautiful clime,) Where the angels' sweet echo of song (Where the angels' sweet echo of song) In musical cadences chime, (In musical cadences chime,) O wonderful city of God (O wonderful city of God,) By faith in the distance I see, (By faith in the distance I see,) There's a mansion prepared over there, (There's a mansion prepared over there,) Yes, a place in that city for me. (Yes, a place in that city for me.)
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