The Lutheran Hymnal ‎#613

613. Jerusalem the Golden

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

2 They stand, those halls of Zion,
All jubilant 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 decked in glorious sheen.

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

4 O sweet and blessed country,
The home of God's elect!
O sweet and blessed country
That faithful hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest,
Who art, with God the Father
And Spirit, ever blest.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem the golden
• Title: Jerusalem the Golden
• Latin Title: Urbs Sion Aurea
• Translator: John M. Neale (1849)
• Author: Bernard of Morlas (c, 1140, cento)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1941
• Scripture:
  Revelation 21:18
• Topic: The Last Things: Life Everlasting

Tune Information

• Name: EWING
• Composer: Alexander Ewing (1853)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D.
• Key: C Major