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307 ~ The Time Is Near

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The time is near when Zion's sons, With rapturous joy shall sing the song Foretold by seers — anointed ones: We have a city great and strong, We have a city great and strong.

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Open, ye gates! The glorious King Approaches with a holy throng; Open, ye gates! Saints, angels, sing On golden harps the victor's song! On golden harps the victor's song!

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O righteous nation! enter in, That kept the law of truth below, Enter the place, all free from sin, Where life's pure waters gently flow. Where life's pure waters gently flow.

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Within these walls shall they remain, Who trusted, mighty Lord! in Thee. Death, their last enemy, is slain; They have a right to life's fair tree. They have a right to life's fair tree.