Hymn
The Heavenly Jerusalem
O mother dear, Jerusalem,
When shall I come to thee?
When shall my sorrows have an end?
Thy joys when shall I see?
O happy harbour of God's saints!
O sweet and pleasant soil!
In thee no sorrow can be found,
Nor grief, nor care, nor toil.
No murky cloud o'ershadows thee,
Nor gloom, nor darksome night;
But every soul shines as the sun;
For God Himself gives light.
O my sweet home, Jerusalem,
Thy joys when shall I see?
The King that sitteth on thy throne
In His felicity?
Thy gardens and thy godly walks
Continually are green,
Where grow such sweet and pleasant flowers
As nowhere else are seen.
Right through thy streets, with silver sound,
The living waters flow,
And on the banks, on either side,
The trees of life do grow.
Those trees for evermore bear fruit,
And evermore do spring:
There evermore the angels are,
And evermore do sing.
Jerusalem, my happy home,
Would God I were in thee!
Would God my woes were at an end,
Thy joys that I might see!
The Heavenly Jerusalem — Text from The Church Hymnal, 1920. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-heavenly-jerusalem
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Heavenly Jerusalem?
The words of The Heavenly Jerusalem are credited to F. B. P., David Dickson and Joseph Bromehead; the version here was published in 1920. The library also holds Jerusalem, My Happy Home, another hymn by F. B. P.
Is The Heavenly Jerusalem public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Church Hymnal, published in 1920. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of The Heavenly Jerusalem?
The Heavenly Jerusalem is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Our Father, God, Who Art in Heaven, Thou art the Way, to Thee alone and Faith in Christ For Pardon and Sanctification.