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Part III · THE NEW JERUSALEM

I long to behold him arrayed

8 lines 8s.

  • No. 6
  • Metre 8 lines 8s.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original
1

I long to behold him arrayedWith glory and light from above;The King in his beauty displayed,His beauty of holiest love:I languish and sigh to be there,Where Jesus hath fixed his abode;O, when shall we meet in the air,And fly to the mountain of God?

2

With him I on Sion shall stand,—For Jesus has spoken the word,—The breadth of Immanuel's landSurvey by the light of my Lord.But when, on thy bosom reclined,Thy face I am strengthened to see,My fulness of rapture I find,My heaven of heavens, in thee.

3

How happy the people that dwellSecure in the city above!No pain the inhabitants feel,No sickness or sorrow shall prove;Physician of souls, unto meForgiveness and holiness give,And then from the body set free,And then to the city receive.

About this hymn

As printed THE NEW JERUSALEM — Millennial Harp (1843), Part III, printed p. 11 (PDF 159). Words only: the hymnal prints no music for this hymn.

Source
Millennial Harp (Boston: Joshua V. Himes, 1843), archive.org scan hachride00hime
Where
Part III · THE NEW JERUSALEM · No. 6 · printed page 11
Title as printed
Hymn 6
Checked
lyrics verified · 2026-09-21