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Text:The New Jerusalem
Translator:FBP
Tune:JERUSALEM

564. The New Jerusalem

1 Jerusalem! my happy home!
Name ever dear to me!
When shall my labors have an end,
In joy, and peace, in thee!

2 Oh, when, thou city of my God,
Shall I thy courts ascend,
Where congregations ne'er break up,
And Sabbaths have no end?

3 There happier bowers than Eden's bloom,
Nor sin nor sorrow know:
Blest seats! thro' rude and stormy scenes
I onward press to you.

4 Why should I shrink at pain and woe!
Or feel, at death, dismay?
I've Canaan's goodly land in view,
And realms of endless day.

5 Apostles, martyrs, prophets there,
Around my Saviour stand;
And soon my friends in Christ below,
Will join the glorious band.

6 Jerusalem! my happy home!
My soul still pants for thee;
Then shall my labors have an end,
When I thy joys shall see.

Text Information
First Line: Jerusalem! my happy home!
Title: The New Jerusalem
Translator: FBP (1616)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: The Rest of Heaven; Heaven
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: JERUSALEM
Meter: C. M.
Key: F Major or modal
Source: From Episcopal Hymnal
Notes: Public Domain.



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