Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Jerusalem my happy home
Topic: View of Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 300
Page Number: 324, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJerusalem, my happy home,
O how I long for thee!
When shall my sorrows have an end,
Thy joys when shall I see.
Thy gardens and thy pleasant green,
My study long have been;
Such sparkling gems by human sight
Have never yet been seen.
Thy walls are all of precious stone,
Most glorious to behold;
Thy gates are richly set with pearl,
Thy streets are pav'd with gold.
If heaven be thus glorious, Lord,
What is it keeps me thence?
What folly 'tis that I should dread
To die and go from hence.
Reach down, reach down thine arm of grace,
And cause me to ascend,
Where congregations ne'er break up,
And Sabbath ne'er shall end.
Jesus, my love, to glory's gone,
Him will I go and see;
And all my friends on earth below,
I hope will follow me.
My friends, I bid you all adieu,
I leave you in God's care,
And if on earth we meet no more,
Go on, I'll meet you there.
There we shall meet, and no more part,
All heaven shall ring with praise;
While Jesus' love in ev'ry heart,
Shall tune the song, "Free grace."
Millions of years around may roll,
Our songs shall still abound;
While raptures burst from ev'ry soul,
In sweet melodious sound.
When we've been there ten thousand yeaers
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise,
Than when we first begun.