Lutheran Worship ‎#307

307. Jerusalem, My Happy Home

1 Jerusalem, my happy home,
When shall I come to thee?
When shall my sorrows have an end?
Thy joys when shall I see?

2 O happy harbor of the saints,
O sweet and pleasant soil!
In thee no sorrow may be found,
No grief, no care, no toil.

3 Thy gardens and thy gallant walks
Continually are green;
There grow such sweet and pleasant flow'rs
As nowhere else are seen.

4 There trees forevermore bear fruit
And evermore do spring;
There evermore the angels sit
And evermore do sing.

5 Jerusalem, my happy home,
Would God I were in thee!
Would God my woes were at an end,
Thy joys that I might see!

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem, my happy home
• Title: Jerusalem, My Happy Home
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1982
• Topic: Burial; Eternal Life; Hope; The Church Triumphant
• Source: F. B. P., 16th Cent.

Tune Information

• Name: LAND OF REST
• Meter: CM
• Key: F Major
• Source: American folk hymn
• Copyright: Arrangement: Copyright 1938 J. Fischer and Bros. Copyright renewed. Used with permission. All rights reserved.