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403c | The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892#403d | 404 |
Text: | O mother dear, Jerusalem |
Alterer: | D. Dickson |
Tune: | [O mother dear, Jerusalem] |
Composer: | S. A. Ward |
1 O Mother dear, Jerusalem,
When shall I come to Thee?
When shall my sorrows have an end?
Thy joys when shall I see?
2 O happy harbor of God's saints!
O sweet and pleasant soil!
In thee no sorrow can be found,
Nor grief, nor care, nor toil.
3 No murky cloud o'er shadows thee,
Nor gloom, nor darksome night;
But every soul shines as the sun;
For God Himself give light.
4 O sweet home, Jerusalem,
Thy joys when shall I see?
The King that sitteth on thy throne
In his felicity?
5 Thy gardens and thy goodly walks
Continually are green,
Where grow such sweet and pleasant flowers
As nowhere else are seen.
6 Right through thy streets, with silver sound,
The living waters flow,
And on the banks, on either side
The trees of life doth grow.
7 Those trees for evermore bear fruit,
And evermore do spring:
There evermore the angels sit
And evermore do sing.
8 Jerusalem, my happy home,
Would God I were in Thee!
Would God my woes were at an end,
Thy joys that I might see!
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | O mother dear, Jerusalem |
Title: | O mother dear, Jerusalem |
Alterer: | D. Dickson (1583) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1894 |
Topic: | General; Processional; Church Triumphant |
Notes: | Tune name in index: WARD |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [O mother dear, Jerusalem] |
Composer: | S. A. Ward |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | Dâ™ Major |