Reward of Saints

Jerusalem the golden

No. 998
Metre 7s & 6s. D.
Tune EWING.
Words Bernard of Cluny.
Music Alexander Ewing.
Key D major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

Jerusalem the golden,With milk and honey blest,Beneath thy contemplationSink heart and voice oppressed:I know not, O I know notWhat holy joys are there;What radiancy of glory,What bliss beyond compare.

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 blessedAre decked in glorious sheen.

There is the throne of David,And there, from care released,The song of them that triumph,The shout of them that feast;And they who, with their Leader,Have conquered in the fight,Forever and foreverAre clad in robes of white.

O sweet and blessed country,The home of God's elect!O sweet and blessed country,That eager hearts expect!Jesus, in mercy bring usTo that dear land of rest;Who art, with God the Father,And Spirit, ever blest.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «REWARD OF SAINTS.»; hymn number «998» (large), tune name «EWING. 7s & 6s. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «ALEXANDER EWING.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Je-»; under the staves «Je - ru - sa - lem», «pla - tion», «glo - ry» and «ra - di-ancy» are hyphenated with spaced hyphens and «gold-en», «hon-ey», «con-tem-» with tight ones, while «Beneath», «oppressed:», «holy», «beyond» and «compare.» are printed as unbroken words under two notes each. Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «833, 357.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 833 or 357). «Bernard of Cluny.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «:», «;» and «!» («throng :», «serene ;», «elect !»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («God's»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. Handwritten owner's notes on the page (not print, not transcribed) are described in uncertainties.md.