Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#524

524. Jerusalem, my happy home

1 Jerusalem, my happy home,
Name ever dear to me!
When shall my labors have an end
In joy, and peace, and thee?

2 When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls
And pearly gates behold.
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,
And streets of shining gold?

3 There happier bowers than Eden's bloom,
No sin nor sorrow know;
Blest seats! through rude and stormy scenes
I onward press to you.

4 What should I shrink at pain and woe,
Or feel at death dismay!
I've Canaan's goodly land in view,
And realms of endless day.

5 Apostles, martyrs, prophets there
Around my Saviour stand;
And soon my friends in Christ below
Will join the glorious band.

6 Jerusalem, my happy home!
My soul still pants for thee;
Then shall my labors have an end,
When I thy joys shall see.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem, my happy home
• Author: Joseph Bromehead (1705)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Life Everlasting: Heaven
• Source: Based on a Hymn of the XVI or XVII Century

Tune Information

• Name: SOUTHWELL
• Composer: Herbert S. Irons (1861)
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: E♭ Major