New Jerusalem. C. M.

Lo, what a glorious sight appears

p. 4
Metre C. M.
Key B-flat major
Singing key F major
Time 6/8
6 stanzas

Words

Lo, what a glorious sight appears,To our believing eyes;'The earth and seas are passed away,And the old rolling skies!Chorus: And the old rolling skies! And the old rolling skies!The earth and seas are passed away, And the old rolling skies!O that will be joyful, joyful, joyful,O that will be joyful, When we meet to part no more,When we meet to part no more, On Canaan's happy shore.'Tis there we'll meet at Jesus' feet, When we meet to part no more.

From the third heav'n, where God resides,That holy, happy place;The New Jerusalem comes down,Adorned with shining grace.Chorus: Adorn'd with shining grace, Adorned with shining grace,The new Jerusalem comes down, Adorn'd with shining grace.O that will be joyful, joyful, joyful,O that will be joyful, When we meet to part no more,When we meet to part no more, On Canaan's happy shore.'Tis there we'll meet at Jesus' feet, When we meet to part no more.

Attending angels shout for joy,And the bright armies sing,"Mortals, behold the sacred seatOf your descending King!Chorus: Of your descending King! Of your descending King!Mortals behold the sacred seat Of your descending King!O that will be joyful, joyful, joyful,O that will be joyful, When we meet to part no more,When we meet to part no more, On Canaan's happy shore.'Tis there we'll meet at Jesus' feet, When we meet to part no more.

"The God of glory down to menRemoves his blest abode;Men are the objects of his love,And he their gracious God.Chorus: And he their gracious God, And he their gracious God,Men are the objects of his love, And he their gracious God.O that will be joyful, joyful, joyful,O that will be joyful, When we meet to part no more,When we meet to part no more, On Canaan's happy shore.'Tis there we'll meet at Jesus' feet, When we meet to part no more.

"His own soft hand shall wipe the tearsFrom every weeping eye;And pains, and groans, and griefs, and fears,And death itself, shall die."Chorus: And death itself, shall die, And death itself, shall die,And pains, and groans, and griefs, and fears, And death itself, shall die.O that will be joyful, joyful, joyful,O that will be joyful, When we meet to part no more,When we meet to part no more, On Canaan's happy shore.'Tis there we'll meet at Jesus' feet, When we meet to part no more.

How bright the vision! O, how longShall this glad hour delay?Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time,And bring the welcome day!Chorus: And bring the welcome day! And bring the welcome day!Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time, And bring the welcome day!O that will be joyful, joyful, joyful,O that will be joyful, When we meet to part no more,When we meet to part no more, On Canaan's happy shore.'Tis there we'll meet at Jesus' feet, When we meet to part no more.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: three staves per system (treble, second treble, bass). On p. 4 each staff carries its own stanza between braces — stanza 1 under the treble, stanza 2 under the second, stanza 3 under the bass — two text lines per brace, sung to the same five bars (first line on the first pass, second line on the repeat). The chorus continues each stanza's last line under its own staff ("And the old rolling skies!" / "Adorn'd with shining grace" / "Of your descending King!", with "&c." where the printer ran out of room) and from "O that will be joyful" on (p. 5) a single text line under the treble serves all. Stanzas 4–6 are printed as text at the foot of p. 5 (Improved Edition; the first edition prints only stanza 4 and a footnote "See entire hymn on page 5, 'Millennial Musings.'").