Journeysongs (3rd ed.) ‎#758

758. Jerusalem, My Happy Home

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1 Jerusalem, my happy home,
When shall I come to thee?
When shall my sorrows have an end?
Your joys when shall I see?

2 O happy harbor of the saints,
O sweet and pleasant soil!
In you no sorrow may be found,
No grief, no care, no toil.

3 Your gardens and your gallant walks
Continually are green;
There grow such sweet and pleasant flow'rs
As nowhere else are seen.

4 There trees forevermore bear fruit
And evermore do spring;
There evermore the angels sit
and evermore do sing.

5 Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
God grant that I may see
Your endless joy, and of the same
Partaker ever be!

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem, my happy home
• Title: Jerusalem, My Happy Home
• Author: F. B. P.
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2012
• Scripture:
  Psalm 42:2
  ;
  Revelation 21:2-4
  ;
  Revelation 22:1-5
• Topic: Eternal Life/Heaven; Exile/Exodus; Hope; Kingdom/Reign of God; Saints; The Liturgical Year: All Saints (November 1); The Liturgical Year: The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls' Day) (November 2)
• Source: London, ca., 16th cent. alt.

Tune Information

• Name: LAND OF REST
• Adapter: Annabel Morris Buchanan, 1889-1983
• Harmonizer: Annabel Morris Buchanan, 1899-1983
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Trad. American melody
• Copyright: © 1938 (renewed), J. Fischer & Bro. Admin. by Alfred Publishing Co. Inc.