The Hymnal ‎#631

631. Jerusalem, the golden

1 Jerusalem the golden,
With milk and honey blest!
Beneath thy contemplation
Sink heart and voice opprest.
I know not, O 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 blessèd
Are decked in glorious sheen.

3 There is the throne of David;
And there, from care released,
The song of them that triumph,
The shout of them that feast.
And they, who with their Leader
Have conquered in the fight,
For ever and for ever
Are clad in robes of white.

4 O mine, my golden Zion!
O lovelier far than gold!
With laurel-girt battalions,
And safe, victorious fold;
O sweet and blessèd country,
Shall I ever see thy face?
O sweet and blessèd country,
Shall I ever win thy grace?

5 Exult, O dust and ashes,
The Lord shall be thy part:
His only and for ever,
Thou shalt be, and thou art.
Exult, O dust and ashes,
The Lord shall be thy part:
His only and for ever,
Thou shalt be and thou art.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem, the golden
• Author: Bernard of Cluny (c. 1145)
• Translator: Rev. John M. Neale (1851, alt.)
• Publication Date: 1895
• Notes: Verse 1, lines 6 and 8, and verse 2, line 2, alt.

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