He looked for a city and lived in a tent, A pilgrim to glory right onward he went; God’s promise his solace, so royal his birth, No wonder he sought not the glories of earth.
D
He looked
A7
for a
D
cit
Bm
y and
G
lived
A7
in a
D-G
tent,
A
D
pil
A7
grim to
D
glo
Bm
ry right
G
on
A7
ward he
D-A7
went;
God's
D
prom
G
ise his
D
sol
Bm
ace, so
Em7
roy
A7
al his
D-A7
birth,
No
D
won
G
der he
F♯m
sought
B7
not the
Em7
glo
A7
ries of
D
earth.
City! O city fair! God’s dwelling with man to eternity is there.
D
Cit
Em7
y!
A7
O
Bm
cit
A
y
D-A7
fair!
God's
D
dwell
G
ing with
F♯m
man
B7
to e
Em7
terni
A7
ty is
D-G-D
there.
2
He looked for a city, his God should prepare; No mansion on earth, could he covet or share, For had not God told him, that royal abode Awaited His pilgrims on ending the road.
He looked for a city, his God should prepare;
No mansion on earth, could he covet or share,
For had not God told him, that royal abode
Awaited His pilgrims on ending the road.
D
He looked
A7
for a
D Bm
city, his
G
God
A7
should
D-G
prepare;
No
D A7
mansion on
D
earth,
Bm
could he
G A7
covet or
D-A7
share,
For
D
had
G
not God
D
told
Bm
him, that
Em7 A7
royal
D-A7
abode
D
Awaited
G
His
F♯m
pilgrims
B7
on
Em7
ending
A7
the road.
City! O city fair! God’s dwelling with man to eternity is there.
D
Cit
Em7
y!
A7
O
Bm
cit
A
y
D-A7
fair!
God's
D
dwell
G
ing with
F♯m
man
B7
to e
Em7
terni
A7
ty is
D-G-D
there.
3
He looked for a city; if sometimes he sighed To be trudging the road, all earth’s glory denied, The thought of that city changed sighing to song, For the road might be rough, but it could not be long.
He looked for a city; if sometimes he sighed
To be trudging the road, all earth's glory denied,
The thought of that city changed sighing to song,
For the road might be rough, but it could not be long.
D
He looked
A7
for a
D Bm
city; if
G A7
sometimes
D-G
he sighed
To
D
be
A7
trudging
D
the
Bm
road, all
G
earth's
A7
glory
D-A7
denied,
The
D
thought
G
of that
D Bm
city changed
Em7 A7
sighing to
D-A7
song,
For
D
the
G
road might
F♯m
be
B7
rough, but
Em7
it
A7
could not
D
be long.
City! O city fair! God’s dwelling with man to eternity is there.
D
Cit
Em7
y!
A7
O
Bm
cit
A
y
D-A7
fair!
God's
D
dwell
G
ing with
F♯m
man
B7
to e
Em7
terni
A7
ty is
D-G-D
there.
4
He looked for a city, his goal, Lord, we share And know that bright city, which Thou dost prepare Is ever our portion, since willing to be Just pilgrims with Jesus, our roof a tent tree.
He looked for a city, his goal, Lord, we share
And know that bright city, which Thou dost prepare
Is ever our portion, since willing to be
Just pilgrims with Jesus, our roof a tent tree.
D
He looked
A7
for a
D Bm
city, his
G
goal,
A7
Lord, we
D-G
share
And
D
know
A7
that bright
D Bm
city, which
G
Thou
A7
dost
D-A7
prepare
Is
D G
ever our
D Bm
portion, since
Em7 A7
willing to
D-A7
be
Just
D G
pilgrims with
F♯m B7
Jesus, our
Em7
roof
A7
a tent
D
tree.
City! O city fair! God’s dwelling with man to eternity is there.
Praise the Lord! May we realize we are pilgrims today, living in the tent of the church life until we arrive at and become the ultimate “Tent of Meeting, ” the New Jerusalem, where God and man indwell one another mutually for eternity!
Thank You, Lord, that we travel with Jesus, "our roof a tent tree." How precious! We have a roof to cover us, a tent to abide in, and a tree for eternal supply, Our eternal portion.
Watchman Nee: What is a hymn? A hymn is the expression of a person's spiritual sentiments. When a man expresses his spiritual sentiments in songs, many times his mind is not very clear, but his spirit is clear. For example in Hymns, #974, it is unclear whether the "he" refers to the Lord, to Abraham, or to us. They are all mixed together. Whatever it may be, we can touch the spirit of this hymn.
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Fremont, California, United States
Praise the Lord! May we realize we are pilgrims today, living in the tent of the church life until we arrive at and become the ultimate “Tent of Meeting, ” the New Jerusalem, where God and man indwell one another mutually for eternity!
Arlington, TX, United States
Thank You, Lord, that we travel with Jesus, "our roof a tent tree." How precious! We have a roof to cover us, a tent to abide in, and a tree for eternal supply, Our eternal portion.
LA, CA, United States
Praise the Lord for the royal abode!
Lagos, Nigeria
I was refreshed in my spirit, having listened to and sang this Classical music.
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Looking not at ourselves, but away unto Jesus. Not at the things seen, but to that which is unseen.