Jerusalem on high My song and city is

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1 Jerusalem on high,
my song that city is,
my home whene’er I die,
the center of my bliss:
O happy place!
When shall I be,
my God, with thee,
to see thy face?

2 There dwells my Lord, my King,
judged here unfit to live;
there angels to him sing,
and lowly homage give:
O happy place!
When shall I be,
my God, with thee,
to see thy face?

3 The patriarchs of old
there from their travels cease;
the prophets there behold
their longed-for Prince of Peace.
O happy place!
When shall I be,
my God, with thee,
to see thy face?

4 The Lamb’s apostles there
I might with joy behold,
the harpers I might hear
harping on harps of gold:
O happy place!
When shall I be,
my God, with thee,
to see thy face?

5 The bleeding martyrs, they
within those courts are found,
clothèd in pure array,
their scars with glory crowned;
O happy place!
When shall I be,
my God, with thee,
to see thy face?

6 Ah me! Ah me! That I
in Kedar’s tent here stay;
no place like that on high;
Lord, thither guide my way:
O happy place!
When shall I be,
my God, with thee,
to see thy face?

Source: CPWI Hymnal #402

Author: Samuel Crossman

Crossman, Samuel , B.D. From A. Wood's Athenae Oxonienses (1720, vol. ii. p. 730) we gather all that is known of this hymnwriter. Wood says concerning him:— "Samuel Crossman, Bachelor of Divinity of Cambridge, and Prebendary of Bristol, son of Samuel Crossman, of Bradfield Monachorum, in Suffolk. He hath written and published several things, as The Young Man's Monitor, &c, London, 1664, 8vo., and several sermons, among which are two sermons preached in the Cathedral of Bristol, 30th Jan., 1679, and 30th Jan., 1680, being the days of public humiliation for the execrable murder of King Charles I, printed at London, 1681, &c.; also a sermon preached 23rd April, 1680, in the Cathedral Church of Bristol, before the Gentlemen of the Artill… Go to person page >

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First Line: Jerusalem on high My song and city is
Author: Samuel Crossman
Meter: 6.6.6.6.4.4.4.4
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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