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The City of God

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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 20, 1863

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 21, No. 8.

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The City of God.

By V. O. Edson

We'VE no continuing city here, But one we seek to come. Soon will its pearly gates appear, The saints' bright happy home.
That City's far from mortal sight ; By prophets long foretold. Its beauteous gates are pearly white, Its streets are shining gold.
No sorrow there shall dim the eye, No sickness rack the frame, No more be heard the mourner's sigh, In all God's wide domain.
There waves the fruitful tree of life ; There flows life's crystal stream ; Its peaceful waters free from strife, Make glad the blissful scene.
It needeth not the orb of day, Nor yet the queen of night To chase the darkness far away ; For God's its glorious light.
No wickedness can enter there, To mar that peaceful rest, For none but holy ones can share, Its joys forever blest.
There dwells the Lamb for sinners slain, Who washed us by his blood, That with him we may ever reign, As kings and priests to God.
V. O. EDSON. Hubbardsville, N. Y.