Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#525

525. O Mother dear, Jerusalem!

1 O Mother dear, Jerusalem!
When shall I come to thee?
When shall my sorrows have an end?
Thy joys when shall I see?
O happy harbor of the saints!
O sweet and pleasant soil!
In thee no sorrow may be found,
No grief, no care, no toil.

2 No murky cloud o’ershadows thee,
No cold nor darksome night;
But every soul shines as the sun,
For God Himself gives light.
O my sweet home Jerusalem,
Thy joys when shall I see?
The King that sitteth on thy throne
In His felicity?

3 Thy gardens and thy gallant walks
Continually are green,
There grow such sweet and pleasant flowers
As nowhere else are seen.
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.

4 There trees forevermore bear fruit,
And evermore do spring;
There evermore the angels are,
And evermore do sing.
Jerusalem, my happy home,
Would God I were in thee;
Would God my woes were at an end,
Thy joys that I might see!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O Mother dear, Jerusalem!
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Life Everlasting: Heaven
• Source: Arranged from two Hymns of the XVI or XVII Century

Tune Information

• Name: MATERNA
• Composer: Samuel A. Ward (1882)
• Key: D♭ Major