622. Jerusalem the Golden

1 Jerusalem the golden,
With milk and honey blest,
Beneath thy contemplation
Sink heart and voice opprest:
I know not, O I know not,
What joys await us there!
What radiancy of glory,
What light beyond compare!

2 And when I fain would sing them,
My spirit fails and faints,
And vainly would it image
The assembly of the saints,
They stand, those hall of Zion,
Conjubilant with song,
And bright with many an angel,
And all the martyr throng:

3 There is the throne of David;
And there, from care released,
The song of them that triumph,
The shout of them that feast;
And they who, with their Leader,
Have conquered in the fight,
Forever and forever
Are clad in robes of white!

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Jerusalem the golden
Title: Jerusalem the Golden
Author: Bernard de Morlaix (12th Century)
Meter: 7 6, 7 6. D.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1937
Topic: Last Things: Heaven; Names and Office of Christ: Leader
Tune Information
Name: EWING
Composer: Alexander Ewing (1853)
Meter: 7 6, 7 6. D.
Key: D Major



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