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City of celestial health - The City of the Forgiven
(Horatius Bonar/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

The City of the Forgiven.

Isaiah 33,24.

1. City of celestial health,
  into which no sickness comes;
where, in everlasting wealth,
  we shall find our home of homes.
City of the tranquil breast,
  where the heartache is unknown;
harbour of securest rest,
  life's long tempest past and gone:
      there, amid the holy blessed,
       I shall be a welcome guest,
        I a sinner, yet at rest. PDF - Midi

2. City of eternal love,
  dwelling-place of the forgiven,
glory of the realm above,
  centre of the sinless heaven,
palace of the crownèd host;
  army upon army see,
gathered from earth's countless lost,
  clothed in heavenly purity:
      there, amid the holy blessed,
       I shall be a welcome guest,
        I a sinner, yet at rest.

3. City of the cleansed and fair,
  with the raiment like the light!
Sons of morning, shining there,
  sons of gladness ever bright.
City of unweeping eyes,
  where the tear-drop falleth not;
sorrows, farewells, broken ties,
  all for evermore forgot:
      there, amid the holy blessed,
       I shall be a welcome guest,
        I a sinner, yet at rest.

4. City of unsetting suns,
  where the sky is clear and pure,
where the earthly-gathered ones
  find themselves in peace secure.
City of the feast and song,
  seat of sacred mirth above,
where the voices, sweet and strong,
  sing the endless song of love:
      there, amid the holy blessed,
       I shall be a welcome guest,
        I a sinner, yet at rest.

5. City where the ransomed meet
  from a thousand lands afar;
where the parted we shall greet,
  safe from earthly storm and war;
where the Bridegroom clasps his Bride,
  reached at last the blessed goal,
seats her at his happy side,
  Best-beloved of his soul:
      there, amid the holy blessed,
       I shall be a welcome guest,
        I a sinner, yet at rest.

Horatius Bonar, Hymns of the Nativity, 1879, 90-92.

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