# City of God

Poem

Language: en  
Author: — Samuel Johnson \(1822\-1882\)  
Original issue: The Heartbeat of the Remnant, Winter 2024  
Source pages: 7  
Read article: <https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/city-of-god/>
Original PDF: Winter\-2024\-Remnant\_web\_250324\_133620\.pdf
[The Heartbeat of the Remnant, Winter 2024](<https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/issues/heartbeat-remnant-2024-winter/>)

![A snowy path beside bare winter trees](<https://remnant.truechristian.church/images/articles/8f996405-d870-4074-947b-35190faad643-1.jpg>)

City of God, how broad and far  
 outspread thy walls sublime\!  
 The true thy chartered freemen are  
 of every age and clime:

One holy church, one army strong,  
 one steadfast, high intent;  
 one working band, one harvest\-song,  
 one King omnipotent\.

How purely hath thy speech come down  
 from man's primaeval youth\!  
 How grandly hath thine empire grown  
 of freedom, love, and truth\!

How gleam thy watch\-fires through the night  
 with never\-fainting ray\!  
 How rise thy towers, serene and bright,  
 to meet the dawning day\!

In vain the surge's angry shock,  
 in vain the drifting sands:  
 unharmed upon the eternal Rock  
 the eternal city stands\.