Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: There is a habitation
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: L Jameson
Composer: J Rosecrans
Meter: 7s and 6s with chorus
Tune: O Sion Sion
Hymn Number: 619
Page Number: 237, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHERE is a habitation,
Built by the living God,
For all, of every nation,
Who seek that grand abode.-CHO.
CHO.-O Si-on, Si-on,
I long thy gates to see:
O Si-on, Si-on,
When shall I dwell in thee?
A city with foundations,
Firm as th' eternal throne;
Nor wars, nor desolations
Shall ever move a stone.-CHO.
No night is there, no sorrow,
No death, and no decay;
No yesterday, no morrow-
But one eternal day.-CHO.
Within its pearly portals
Angelic armies sing,
With glorified immortals,
The praises of its King.-CHO.