Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#467b

467b. Jerusalem the golden!

1 Jerusalem the golden!
With milk and honey blest,
Beneath thy contemplation
Sink heart and voice opprest.
I know not, O I know not
What joys await us 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 shout of them that triumph,
The song 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 Jerusalem the golden,
Shall I e'er see thy face?
O sweet and pleasant city,
Shall I e'er win thy grace?
I have the hope within me
To comfort and to bless;
Shall I e'er win the prize itself?
O my Redeemer, yes!

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem the golden!
• Author: Bernard of Morlaix, 12th Cent.
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1862)
• Meter: No. 13
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Christian Life and Hope: The Consummation: Eternity; Twenty Third Sunday after Trinity; First Sunday after Trinity
• Source: Latin

Tune Information

• Name: JERUSALEM THE GOLDEN
• Composer: Asa Hull
• Meter: No. 13
• Key: D Major
• Source: Casket, 1869, by per. O. Ditson & Co.