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Text:Light's abode, celestial Salem
Author:Thomas à Kempis
Translator:Rev. J. M. Neale
Tune:URBS COELESTIS

628a. Light's abode, celestial Salem

Text Information
First Line: Light's abode, celestial Salem
Latin Title: Jerusalem, luminosa
Translator: Rev. J. M. Neale (1854)
Author: Thomas à Kempis (15th cent.)
Meter: 8 7. 8 7. 8 7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1939
Topic: Communion of Saints and Life Everlasting; Easter
Notes: Alternative tune: ALLELUIA, DULCE CARMEN, No. 100
Tune Information
Name: URBS COELESTIS
Meter: 8 7. 8 7. 8 7.
Key: G Major
Source: No. XVI from The Golden Legend, 1880, By H. E. Hodson
Copyright: By permission of Ven. A. J. Hodson
Notes: Now Public Domain



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