Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Jerusalem the Golden
Topic: Heaven
Writer: J Murray
Composer: J Murray
Meter: 7s and 6s double with chorus
Tune: Jerusalem the Golden
Hymn Number: 614
Page Number: 233, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJe-re-sa-lem the Gold-en,
I languish for one gleam
Of all thy glo-ry, fold-en
In dis-tance and in dream;
My thoughts, like palms in exile,
Climb up to look and pray
For a glimpse of that dear country
That lies so far away.
CHO.-Je-ru-sa-lem the Gold-den,
My hope, my heaven, my home,
With song of joy and sweet em-ploy,
To thee, to thee we come.
Jerusalem the Golden,
When sun sets in the west,
It seems the gate of glory,
Thou City of the Blest;
And midnight's starry torches,
Through intermediate gloom,
Are waving with their welcome
To thy eternal home.-CHO.
Jerusalem the Golden-
There all our birds that flew,
Our flowers but half unfolden,
Our pearls that turned to dew,
And all the glad life-music,
Now heard no longer here,
Shall come again to greet us,
As we are drawing near.-CHO.
Jerusalem the Golden,
I toil on, day by day;
Heart-sore each night with longing,
I stretch my hands and pray
That, midst thy leaves of healing,
My soul shall find her rest,
Where the wicked cease from troubling,
The weary are at rest.-CHO.