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"Wake, arise!" the voice is calling

Hymnal: ELH1880 #462 (1880) Lyrics: 1 "Wake, arise!" the voice is calling; The watchman's voice on quick ear falling, "Jerusalem, awake, arise! For the midnight hour is fleeting;" So with clear voice, they stand repeating: "O where are ye, ye virgins wise; The bridegroom is at hand, Take up your lamps and stand! Hallelujah! Each wedding guest Fit for the feast, Arise, go forth to meet your Lord." 2 Zion hears the watchman's singing, And now with joyous heart upspringing, She stands and on the call attends. Her Friend comes from heaven glorious, Strong in His grace, in truth victorious; Her light shines bright, her star ascends. "Now come, thou Blessed One, Lord Jesus, God's own Son." Hallelujah! We enter all The banquet hall, And feast there with our heavenly King. 3 "Glory unto Thee be given, By men and by the host of heaven, With harps and with the cymbals' tone. Twelve pearls are Thy city's portals, Wherein we dwell with the immortals, With angels high around Thy throne. No eye hath seen such sight, No ear heard such delight, Hallelujah! Thine hour is this, O Heavenly Bliss, Thine now, and shall be evermore!" Topics: Christian Life and Hope ; The Consummation Eternity Languages: English

When the Lord recalls the banished

Hymnal: ELH1880 #463 (1880) Lyrics: 1 When the Lord recalls the banished, Frees the captives all at last, Every sorrow will have vanished, Like a dream when night is past; Then shall all our hearts rejoice, And with glad resounding voice We shall praise the Lord who sought us, For the freedom He hath wrought us. 2 Lift Thy hand to aid us, Father, Let the end of exile come, And Thy scattered servants gather ln their longed for, promised home. Steep and weary is the way, Shorten Thou the sultry day, Faithful warriors hast Thou found us? Let Thy peace for aye surround us. 3 In that peace we reap in gladness What was sown in tearful showers; There the fruit of all our sadness Ripens,--there the palm is ours; There our God upon His throne Is our full Reward alone. They who lived, who died unto Him, Sheaves of gladness bring there through Him. Topics: Christian Life and Hope ; The Consummation Eternity Languages: English

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand

Hymnal: ELH1880 #464 (1880) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand, And cast a wishful eye To Canaan's fair and happy land, Where my possessions lie. 2 O the transporting, rapturous scene, That rises to my sight! Sweet fields arrayed in living green, And rivers of delight! 3 O'er all those wide extended plains Shines one eternal day; There God, the Sun, forever reigns, And scatters night away. 4 No chilling winds, no poisonous breath, Can reach that healthful shore; Sickness and sorrow, pain and death, Are felt and feared no more. 5 When shall I reach that happy place, And be forever blest? When shall I see my Father's face, And in His bosom rest? Topics: Christian Life and Hope ; The Consummation Eternity Languages: English

My Father's house on high

Hymnal: ELH1880 #465 (1880) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 My Father's house on high, Home of my soul! how near, At times, to faith's foreseeing eye, Thy golden gates appear! 2 Ah! then my spirit faints To reach the land I love, The bright inheritance of saints, Jerusalem above! 3 Yet clouds will intervene, And all my prospect flies; Like Noah's dove, I flit between Rough seas and stormy skies. 4 Anon the clouds depart, The winds and waters cease, While sweetly o'er my gladdened heart Expands the bow of peace. Topics: Christian Life and Hope ; The Consummation Eternity Languages: English

Jerusalem! my happy home!

Hymnal: ELH1880 #466 (1880) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 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 heav'n-built walls And pearly gates behold? Thy bulwarks with salvation strong, And streets of shining gold? 3 There happier bow'rs than Eden’s bloom, Nor sin nor sorrow know: Blest seats! through rude and stormy scenes, I onward press to you. 4 Why 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 Savior 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. Topics: Christian Life and Hope ; The Consummation Eternity Languages: English

Jerusalem the golden!

Hymnal: ELH1880 #467 (1880) Lyrics: 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 blessed Are decked in glorious sheen. 3 There is the throne of David, And there, from care released, The shout of them that triumph, The song 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 Jerusalem the golden, Shall I e'er see thy face? O sweet and pleasant city, Shall I e'er win thy grace? I have the hope within me To comfort and to bless; Shall I e'er win the prize itself? O my Redeemer, yes! Topics: Christian Life and Hope ; The Consummation Eternity Languages: English

Jerusalem, thou city fair and high

Hymnal: ELH1880 #468 (1880) Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem, thou city fair and high, Would God I were in thee! My longing heart fain, fain to thee would fly, It will not stay with me; Far over vale and mountain, It hastes to seek its Fountain, And quit this world of pain. 2 O happy day, and yet far happier hour, When wilt you come at last, When fearless to my Father's love and power, Whose promise standeth fast, My soul I gladly render, For surely will His hand Lead her, with guidance tender, To heaven, her fatherland. 3 A moment's space, and gently, wondrously, Released from earthly ties, The fiery care shall bear her up to thee, Through all these lower skies, To yonder shining regions, Where down, to meet her, come The blessed angel-legions, And bid her welcome home. 4 O Zion, hail! Bright city, now unfold The gates of grace to me! How many a time I longed for thee of old, Ere yet I was set free From yon dark life of sadness, Yon world of shadowy nought, And God had given the gladness, The heritage I sought. 5 O what the tribe, or what the glorious host, Comes sweeping swiftly down? The chosen ones of earth who wrought the most, The Church's brightest crown, Our Lord hath sent to meet me, As in the far off years Their words oft came to greet me, In yonder land of tears. 6 The Patriarchs' and Prophets' noble train, With all Christ's followers true, Who bore the cross and could the worst disdain That tyrants dared to do, I see them shine forever, All glorious as the sun, 'Mid light that fadeth never, Their perfect freedom won. 7 And when within that lovely Paradise And last I safely dwell, From out my soul what songs of bliss shall rise, What joy my lips shall tell, While holy saints are singing Hosannas o'er and o'er, Pure hallelujah's ringing, Around me evermore. 8 Innumerous choirs before the shining throne With harp and trumpet raise Glad notes, till heav'ns vast halls vibrate the tone Of their melodious praise, And all its host rejoices, And all its blessed throng Unite their myriad voices In one eternal song! Topics: Christian Life and Hope ; The Consummation Eternity Languages: English