Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#168

168. Jerusalem the Golden

1. Jerusalem the golden!
With milk and honey blest;
Beneath your contemplation
Sink heart and voice opprest.
I know not, oh! I know not,
What joys await us there,
What radiancy of glory,
What bliss beyond compare.

2. They stand, those halls of Zion,
Conjubilant 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 deck'd in glorious sheen.

3. There is the throne of David,
And there, from care released,
The shout of those who triumph,
The song of those who feast,
And they, who with their Leader,
Have conquer'd in the fight,
Forever and forever,
Are clad in robes of white.

4. O sweet and blessed country,
Shall e'er I see your face?
O sweet and blessed country,
Shall e'er I win your grace?
Exult, O dust and ashes!
The Lord shall be your part;
His only, his forever,
You shall be and you are.

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem the golden!
• Title: Jerusalem the Golden
• Original Language: Latin
• Author: Bernard of Cluny
• Translator: J.M. Neale (1851)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Revelation 21:10-11
• Topic: Resurrection: [Ascension]
• Notes: From the Latin “De Contemptu Mundi,” the portion beginning “Urbs Sion aurea, patria lactea, cive decora,” by Bernard of Cluny, a French monk, 12th century, tr. by J.M. Neale in Mediaeval Hymns & Sequences (1851) and The Rhythm of Bernard (1858), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: EWING
• Composer: Alexander Ewing (1853)
• Meter: 8.7.8.7 D
• Incipit: 12143 21
• Key: C Major
• Notes: Tune EWING by Scottish musician Alexander Ewing, publ. as sheet music ca. 1853.