African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal ‎#481

481. Jerusalem, My Happy Home

1 Jerusalem, my happy home!
Name ever dear to me!
Jerusalem, my happy home!
Name ever dear to me!
When will my sorrow have an end?
Thy joys, when shall I see?
When will my sorrow have an end?
Thy joys when shall I see?

2 Thy walls are all of precious stone,
Most glorious to behold;
Thy walls are all of precious stone,
Most glorious to behold;
Thy gates are richly set with pearl,
Thy streets are paved with gold,
Thy gates are richly set with pearl,
Thy streets are paved with gold.

3 Thy gardens and thy pleasant walks
My study long have been;
Thy gardens and thy pleasant walks
My study long have been;
Such dazzling views by human sight
Have never yet been seen,
Such dazzling views by human sight
Have never yet been seen.

4 If heaven be thus so, glorious Lord,
Why should I stay from thence?
If heaven be thus so, glorious Lord,
Why should I stay from thence?
What folly's this that I should dread
To die and go from hence?
What folly's this that I should dread
To die and go from hence?

5 Reach down, O Lord, Thine arm of grace
And cause me to ascend,
Reach down, O Lord, Thine arm of grace
And cause me to ascend,
Where congregations ne'er break up,
And sabbaths never end,
Where congregations ne'er break up,
And sabbaths never end.

6 Jesus, my Lord, to glory's gone,
Him will I go to see;
Jesus, my Lord, to glory's gone,
Him will I go to see;
And all my brethren here below,
Will soon come after me,
And all my brethren here below,
Will soon come after me.

7 My friends, I bid you all adieu,
I leave you in God's care;
My friends, I bid you all adieu,
I leave you in God's care;
And if I nevermore see you,
Go on, I'll meet you there,
And if I nevermore see you,
Go on, I'll meet you there.

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem, my happy home!
• Title: Jerusalem, My Happy Home
• Author (st. 1-3): F. B. P., 16th C. (alt.)
• Author (attributed to, st. 4-7: Dickerson
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Scripture:
  Hebrews 11:16
  ;
  Revelation 21:9-11
  ;
  Revelation 21:22-27
• Topic: The Christian Life: Death and Life Eternal; Everlasting Life; Heaven

Tune Information

• Name: MY HAPPY HOME
• Transcriber: Edith W. Ming, 1932-
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Songs of the Fertile 15th District
• Copyright: Used by permission.