Reward of Saints

Jerusalem the glorious

No. 999
Words John M. Neale.
Singing key B♭ major
3 stanzas

Sung to WEBB (hymn 833)

Words

Jerusalem the glorious,The glory of the elect,O dear and future visionThat eager hearts expect!E'en now by faith I see thee,E'en here thy walls discern;To thee my thoughts are kindled,And strive and pant and yearn.

Jerusalem the golden,Thou hope of saints below,In thee is all my glory,In me is all my woe;Jerusalem! exultingOn that securest shore,I hope thee, wish thee, sing thee,And love thee evermore.

O sweet and blessed country!Shall I e'er see thy face?O sweet and blessed country!Shall I e'er win thy grace?Exult, O dust and ashes!The Lord shall be thy part;His only, his forever,Thou shalt be and thou art.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «999» (large) at the head of the right column of p. 338, below the music of hymn 998, with the reference line «833, 415.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 833 or 415; the line ends with a period). The first word «JERUSALEM» is set in capitals and small capitals. «John M. Neale.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «;», «!» and «?» («expect !», «discern ;», «face ?»); it is closed up here, and the wide space after «Jerusalem !» in stanza 2 is a single space here. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («E'en», «e'er»). Lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is 7s & 6s. D., 7.6.7.6.7.6.7.6, like the two tunes of the reference line).