Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#528

528. Jerusalem the golden

1 Jerusalem, the golden,
With milk and honey blest,
Beneath thy contemplation
Sink heart and voice oppressed;
I know not, O I know not,
What social joys are 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
Th'assembly of the saints.
They stand, those hall of Sion,
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,
For ever and for ever
Are clad in robes of white!

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Jerusalem the golden
• Author: Bernard of Cluny (cir. 1145)
• Translator: John Mason Neale (1851)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Life Everlasting: Heaven
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

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