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THE CITY OF GOD by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY

First Line: WHERE SHALL THE CITY OF GOD BE FOUND?
Last Line: THERE THE CITY OF GOD IS.
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
@3Where shall the City of God be found?@1
-- In some vague place beyond the sky,
Enshrined in mystic mystery?
-- In some far, dim futurity?
Embalmed in hopes of prophecy?

@3Not there shall the City of God be found, But@1 --
In every land where Peace doth reign,
And Faith and Hope full growth attain,
And Love turns Life to noblest gain, --
@3There the City of God is.@1

In every home where God abides,
And over all its life presides,
And its fair doings rules and guides, --
@3There the City of God is.@1

In every heart where holy fires,
Fanned by the love which never tires,
Kindle sweet thoughts to high desires, --
@3There the City of God is.@1

Wherever man doth heavenward turn,
And in all life doth Thee discern,
And feels Thy Love within him burn, --
@3There the City of God is.@1

Not alone in the heavens above,
But everywhere in the heart of Love, --
@3There the City of God is.@1



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