City of God

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1. A-wake from your slum- ber! A - rise from your
2. We are sons of the morn-ing; we are daugh - ters of

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sleep! A new day is dawn - ing
day. The One who has loved us

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for all those who weep. The peo - ple in
has bright-ened our way. The Lord of all

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dark - ness have seen a great light. The Lord of our
kind - ness has called us to be a light for his

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long- ing has con-quered the night.
peo - ple to set their hearts free.



 
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Let us build the cit-y of God. May our tears be
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turned in - to danc - ing! For the Lord, our light and our

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love, has turned the night in - to day!
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3. God is light; in him there is no

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dark-ness. Let us walk in his light, his


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chil - dren, one and all.

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O com-fort my peo - ple; make gen-tle your

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words. Pro - claim to my cit-y

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D.S.

   
the day of her birth.

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4. O cit - y of glad-ness, now lift up your

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voice. Pro - claim the good tid - ings

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that all may re - joice!
Text: Dan Schutte, b.1947
Tune: Dan Schutte, b.1947; acc. by Robert J. Batastini, b.1942
© 1981, Daniel L. Schutte and New Dawn Music. Published by OCP Publications.