Text: | Jerusalem, My Happy Home |
Tune: | SOUTHWELL |
Composer: | H. S. Irons |
1 Jerusalem, my happy home,
Name ever dear to me!
When shall my labors have an end
In joy and peace and thee?
2 When shall these eyes thy heav'n-built walls
And pearly gates behold,
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,
And streets of shining gold?
3 There happier bow'rs than Eden's bloom,
Nor sin nor sorrow know:
Blest seats, thro' rude and stormy scenes
I onward press to you.
4 Why should I shrink at pain and 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 Savior 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 labors have an end,
When I thy joy shall see.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jerusalem, my happy home |
Title: | Jerusalem, My Happy Home |
Meter: | C. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1930 |
Topic: | The Christian Life: Heaven |
Source: | Anon., 16th Century, Revised |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SOUTHWELL |
Composer: | H. S. Irons (1861) |
Meter: | C. M. |