April 29, 2017 (Saturday)
The author of “Looking for a City” was W. Oliver Cooper, born in Meriweather County, Georgia, in 1885. He wrote approximately 1,500 songs. He was president of the Cullman County, Alabama Singing Convention. He was a faculty member at Hartford Music Institute and was musical editor for Hartford Song Books. He resided in Cullman, Alabama. This hymn is based upon Hebrews 11:10, “For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” Our hope is Heaven itself.
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LOOKING FOR A CITY
W. Oliver Cooper
circa 1945?
Chorus:
Looking for a city, where we’ll never die,
There the sainted millions, never say good-by,
There we’ll meet our Savior, and our loved ones too,
Come O Holy Spirit, all our hopes renew.
Verses:
Here among the shadows in a lonely land,
We’re a band of pilgrims on the move;
Burdened down with sorrows, shunned on every hand,
Looking for a city built above.
Here in disappointment we so sadly roam,
Friends no longer speak one word of love;
O we have found contentment, Jesus promised us a home,
And I’m looking for a city built above.
We’re looking for a city, where we’ll never die,
There the sainted millions, never say good-by,
There we’ll meet our Savior, and our loved ones too,
Come O Holy Spirit, all our hopes renew.
In this land of dangers going here and there
Trusting in the blessed Saviors love;
Tho’ we may be strangers, in this world of care,
Looking for a city built above.
Click here to hear “Looking for a City” by the Gaithers
