Text: | Jerusalem, the golden |
Author: | Bernard of Cluny |
Tune: | EWING |
Composer: | Alexander Ewing |
1 Jerusalem the golden,
With milk and honey blest,
Beneath thy contemplation
Sink heart and voice oppressed:
I know not, O I know not
What holy joys are there;
What radiancy of glory,
What bliss beyond compare.
2 They stand, those halls of Zion,
All jubilant with song,
And bright with many an angel
And all the martyr throng:
The Prince is ever in them,
The daylight is serene;
The pastures of the blessed
Are decked in glorious sheen.
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.
4 O sweet and blessed country,
The home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessed country,
That eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest;
Who art, with God the Father,
And Spirit, ever blest.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jerusalem, the golden |
Author: | Bernard of Cluny |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | Reward of Saints |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EWING |
Composer: | Alexander Ewing |
Meter: | 7s & 6s, D |
Key: | D Major |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #833 or 357. |