Lutheran Book of Worship ‎#331

331. Jerusalem, My Happy Home

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

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

3 Thy gardens and thy 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, my happy home,
Would God I were in thee!
Would God my woes were at an end,
Thy joys that I might see!

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem, my happy home
• Title: Jerusalem, My Happy Home
• Author: F. B. P. (16th cent.)
• Meter: C M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1978
• Topic: Christian Hope; Heaven

Tune Information

• Name: LAND OF REST
• Meter: C M
• Key: F Major
• Source: American
• Copyright: Setting © 1939 J. Fischer and Bro., renewed 1966