The Hymnal and Order of Service ‎#622

622. 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 light beyond compare!

2 And when I fain would sing them,
My spirit fails and faints,
And vainly would it image
The assembly of the saints,
They stand, those hall of Zion,
Conjubilant with song,
And bright with many an angel,
And all the martyr throng:

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,
Forever and forever
Are clad in robes of white!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem the golden
• Title: Jerusalem the Golden
• Author: Bernard de Morlaix (12th Century)
• Meter: 7 6, 7 6. D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1937
• Topic: Last Things: Heaven; Names and Office of Christ: Leader
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: EWING
• Composer: Alexander Ewing (1853)
• Meter: 7 6, 7 6. D.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.