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Text:Jerusalem, my happy home
Tune:JERUSALEM

207. Jerusalem, my happy home

1 Jerusalem, my happy home,
Name ever dear to me,
When shall my labours have an end?
In joy and peace, and thee? AMEN.

2 When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls,
And pearly gates behold?
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,
And streets of shining gold?

3 There happier bowers than Eden's bloom,
Nor sin nor sorrow know:
Blest seats! through rude and stormy scenes
I onward press to you.

4 Why should I shrink from pain or woe,
Or feel at death dismay?
I've Canaan's goodly land in view,
And realms of endless day.

5 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there
Around my Saviour stand:
And soon my friends in Christ below
Will join the glorious band.

6 Jerusalem, my happy home,
My soul still pants for thee;
Then shall my labours have an end,
When I thy joys shall see.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Jerusalem, my happy home
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1883
Topic: Heaven; Festivals
Tune Information
Name: JERUSALEM
Meter: C. M.
Key: F Major



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