Church Book ‎#588

588. Jerusalem the glorious!

1 Jerusalem the glorious!
The glory of the elect!
O dear and future vision
That eager hearts expect:
Even now by faith I see thee:
Even here thy walls discern;
To thee my thoughts are kindled,
And strive, and pant, and yearn.

2 Jerusalem the only,
That look'st from heaven below,
In thee is all my glory;
In me is all my woe!
And though my body may not,
My spirit seeks thee fain,
Till flesh and earth return me
To earth and flesh again.

3 O land that seest no sorrow!
O state that fear'st no strife!
O princely land of glory!
O realm and home of life!
Exult, O dust and ashes,
The Lord shall be thy part:
His only, His for ever,
Thou shalt be, and thou art!

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem the glorious!
• Latin Title: Hora Novissima
• Author: Bernard de Morlaix (ab. 1150)
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1851, a.)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Death and Eternity: Heaven; Easter Season, Fourth Sunday; Second Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Sixth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #453

Tune Information

• Name: CELESTE
• Meter: 7, 6.
• Key: G Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: J. R. Fairlamb, 1864