Hymn: O Heavenly Jerusalem

  • Title: O Heavenly Jerusalem
  • First Line: O Heavenly Jerusalem
  • Hymnal: The Hymnal: Revised and Enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892
  • Denomination: (Protestant) Episcopal Church
  • Publisher: The Century Co.
  • Publication Date: 1894

Author(s)

  • Author Name: Isaac Williams
  • Born: 1802
  • Died: 1865
  • Gender: M

Full Text

1 O Heavenly Jerusalem, Of everlasting halls, Thrice bless'd are the people Thou storest in thy walls. 2 Thou art the golden mansion, Where saints forever sing, The seat of God's own chosen, The palace of the king. 3 There God for ever sitteth, Himself of all the crown; The Lamb, the Light that shineth, And never goeth down. 4 Naught to this seat approacheth Their sweet peace to molest; They sing their God forever, Nor day nor night they rest. 5 Sure hope doth thither lead us; Our longings thither tend; May short-lived toil ne'er daunt us For joys that cannot end. 6 To Christ, the Sun that lightens His Church above, below; To Father, and to Spirit All things created bow. Amen.

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