Text: | Jerusalem the Golden |
Author: | Bernard of Cluny, 12th century |
Translator: | John M. Neale, 1818-66 |
Tune: | EWING |
Composer: | Alexander C. Ewing, 1830-95 |
1 Jerusalem the golden,
With milk and honey blest --
The sight of it refreshes
The weary and oppressed.
I know not, oh, I know not
What joys await us there,
What radiancy of glory,
What 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 ever rich and green.
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 Oh, sweet and blessed country,
The home of God's elect!
Oh, sweet and blessed country
That eager hearts expect!
Jesus, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest;
You are with God the Father
And Spirit ever blest.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jerusalem the golden |
Title: | Jerusalem the Golden |
Author: | Bernard of Cluny, 12th century (abr. ) |
Translator: | John M. Neale, 1818-66 (alt.) |
Meter: | 76 76 D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | End Time |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | EWING |
Composer: | Alexander C. Ewing, 1830-95 (alt.) |
Meter: | 76 76 D |
Key: | C Major |