The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#408b

408b. Jerusalem, the golden!

1 Jerusalem, the golden!
With milk and honey blest;
Beneath thy contemplation
Sink heart and voice opprest.
I know not, oh, I know not
What joys await us there!
What radiancy of glory!
What bliss beyond compare!

2 They stand, those halls of Sion,
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,
Forever and forever
Are clad in robes of white.

4 O sweet and blesséd country,
The Home of God's elect!
O sweet and blesséd country,
That eager hearts expect!
Jesu, in mercy bring us
To that dear land of rest;
Who art, with God the Father,
And Spirit, ever blest.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem, the golden!
• Translator: J. M. Neale (1858)
• Author: Bernard of Cluny (1145)
• Meter: 7.6.D.
• Publication Date: 1892
• Topic: Processional; Church Triumphant
• Notes: Part IV. Tune name in index: NEILSON

Tune Information

• Name: [Jerusalem the golden]
• Composer: John H. Gower, Mus. Doc.
• Meter: 7.6.D.
• Key: F Major