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With joy shall I behold the day 
 With joy shall I behold the day That calls my willing soul away, To dwell among the blest: For lo! my great Redeemer's power Unfolds the everlasting hour. And points me to his rest. 
 Ev'n now, to my expecting eyes The heaven-built tow'rs of Salem rise; Their glory I survey; I view her mansions, that contain The angel host, a beauteous train. And shine with cloudless day. 
 Thither, from earth's remotest end, Lo ! the redeemed of God ascend Borne on immortal wing; There, crowned with everlasting joy, In ceaseless hymns their tongues employ Before th'Almighty King. 
 The King a seat that there prepared, High, on eternal base apprear'd, For his eternal Son: His palaces with joy abound; His saints, by him with glory crown'd, Attend and share his throne. 
 Mother of cities! o^er thy head Bright peace, with healing wings outsprend, For evermore shall dwell: Let me, blest seat! my name behold Among thy citizens enrolled, And bid the world farewell.