Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: We've no abiding city here
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Song 378
Page Number: 435, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWE'VE no abiding city here;
This may distress the worldling's mind;
But should not cost the saint a tear,
Who hopes a better rest to find.
We've no abiding city here;
Sad truth were this to be our home;
But let this thought our spirits cheer,
We seek a city yet to come.
We've no abiding city here:
Then let us live as pilgrims do;
Let not the world our rest appear,
But let us haste from all below.
We've no abiding city here:
We seek a city out of sight;
Zion its name; we'll soon be there;
It shines with everlasting light.
Zion! Jehovah is her strength!
Secure she smiles at all her foes;
And weary travellers at length
Within her sacred walls repose.
O sweet abode of peace and love!
Where pilgrims freed from toil are blest;
Had I the pinions of the dove,
I'd flee to thee and be at rest.
But hush, my soul, nor dare repine;
The time my God appoints is best;
While here, to do his will be mine,
And his to fix my time of rest.