Glorious City

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Do you ever stop to ponder

Author: Kem G. Bottorf
Tune: [Do you ever stop to ponder]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Do you ever stop to ponder
On the joys we soon shall see?
Of the home in heaven yonder—
Standing by the crystal sea?

Chorus:
Glorious city over there,
Where the sun is ever shining bright and fair;
To that city, glorious city,
I am going, and I want to meet you there.

2 Can you not foresee its glory—
Beauteous city in the sky?
You have often heard the story—
How its pleasures never die. [Chorus]

3 O how glad will be the greeting
When we reach that home so fair!
O how sweet will be the meeting
With our loved ones over there! [Chorus]

Source: Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets #63

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Author: Kem G. Bottorf

Kem Geary Bottorf was born on November 5, 1876 in Pennsylvania. He was a writer and musician. He worked as a printer in Pennsylvania, and later for the Rodeheaver Music Company in Chicago. Dianne Shapiro from obituary on Find a Grave website (accessed 12/30/2025) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Do you ever stop to ponder
Title:	Glorious City
Author:	Kem G. Bottorf
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Glorious city over there
Copyright:	Public Domain