The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#623

623. Jerusalem, My Happy Home

1 Jerusalem, my happy home
Name ever dear to me!
When shall my labors have an end
In joy, and peace, and thee?
O when, thou city of my God,
Shall I thy courts ascend,
Where evermore the angels sing,
Where Sabbaths have no end?

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

3 Apostles, martyrs, prophets there
Around my Saviour stand;
And soon my friends in Christ below
Will join the glorious band.
Jerusalem, my happy home!
My soul still longs for thee;
Then shall my labors have an end,
When I thy joys shall see.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem, my happy home
• Title: Jerusalem, My Happy Home
• Author: James Montgomery, (1771-1854)
• Meter: C. M. D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Topic: Last Things: Heaven

Tune Information

• Name: MATHILDA
• Composer: Ralph Alvin Strom (1924)
• Meter: C. M. D.
• Key: E♭ Major