401 | CPWI Hymnal#402 | 403 |
Text: | Jerusalem on high |
Author: | Samuel Crossman, 1624-1683 |
Tune: | CHRISTCHURCH |
Composer: | Charles Steggall, 1826-1905 |
1 Jerusalem on high,
my song that city is,
my home whene’er I die,
the center of my bliss:
O happy place!
When shall I be,
my God, with thee,
to see thy face?
2 There dwells my Lord, my King,
judged here unfit to live;
there angels to him sing,
and lowly homage give:
O happy place!
When shall I be,
my God, with thee,
to see thy face?
3 The patriarchs of old
there from their travels cease;
the prophets there behold
their longed-for Prince of Peace.
O happy place!
When shall I be,
my God, with thee,
to see thy face?
4 The Lamb’s apostles there
I might with joy behold,
the harpers I might hear
harping on harps of gold:
O happy place!
When shall I be,
my God, with thee,
to see thy face?
5 The bleeding martyrs, they
within those courts are found,
clothèd in pure array,
their scars with glory crowned;
O happy place!
When shall I be,
my God, with thee,
to see thy face?
6 Ah me! Ah me! That I
in Kedar’s tent here stay;
no place like that on high;
Lord, thither guide my way:
O happy place!
When shall I be,
my God, with thee,
to see thy face?
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jerusalem on high |
Author: | Samuel Crossman, 1624-1683 |
Meter: | 6.6.6.6.8.8 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2010 |
Topic: | General Hymns: Church Militant/Triumphant |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CHRISTCHURCH |
Composer: | Charles Steggall, 1826-1905 |
Meter: | 6.6.6.6.8.8 |
Key: | C Major |