Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#587b

587b. 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 flowers
As nowhere else are seen.

4 Quite through the streets with silver sound
The flood of life doth flow,
Upon whose banks on every side
The wood of life doth grow.

5 There trees for evermore bear fruit,
And evermore do spring;
There evermore the angels sit,
And evermore do sing.

6 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
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Saints' Days - Minor Festivals; The Church: The House of God; The Life In Christ: Life Everlasting
• Source: Based on St. Augustine, F. B. P., cir. XVI cent.

Tune Information

• Name: SOUTHWELL (IRONS)
• Composer: Herbert Stephen Irons, 1834 - 1905
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: E♭ Major