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Jerusalem, O City Fair and High

Author: Catherine Winkworth, 1829-78; Johann M. Meyfart, 1590-1642 Meter: 10.6.10.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 66 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Jerusalem, O city fair and high, Your tow'rs I yearn to see: My longing heart to you would gladly fly, It will not stay with me. Elijah's chariot take me Above the lower skies, To heaven's bliss awake me, Released from earthly ties. 2 O happy day, O yet far happier hour, When will you come at last, When by my gracious Father's love and pow'r I see that portal vast? From heaven's shining regions To greet me gladly come Your blessed angel legions To bid me welcome home. 3 The patriarchs' and prophets' noble train, With all Christ's foll'wers true, Who washed their robes and cleansed sin's guilty stain, Sing praises ever new! I see them shine forever, Resplendent as the sun, In light diminished never, Their glorious freedom won. 4 Unnumbered choirs before the shining throne Their joyful anthems raise Till heaven's arches echo with the tone Of that great hymn of praise. And all its host rejoices, And all its blessed throng Unite their myriad voices In one eternal song. Topics: Burial; Eternal Life; Hope; The Church Triumphant Used With Tune: JERUSALEM, DU HOCHGEBAUTE STADT

True Light, that lightest all in heaven and earth

Author: G. Thring Meter: 10.6.10.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 True Light, that lightest all in heaven and , Light us Thou Light divine; Children thou mad'st us by a second birth. children, O Lord, of Thine; Heirs of a life undying, The hidden life above, Strong on Thy strength relying, Safe in a Father's love. 2 The earth, erewhile so oft bedewed with tears, Shall be, like man, new-born; The heavens--unrolled through unimagined years-- Be bright with endless morn; No room is there for sorrow, Toll, trouble, want, or care, None anxious for the morrow,-- There is no morrow there. 3 Light there, eternal light and life shall reign O'er all without, within; No stricken soul e'er bow beneath the pain Of unforgotten sing; The day shall have no ending, No night its shadows cast, All present gladness blending With gladness in the past. 4 We darkly now, as in a mirror, see These wondrous worlds on high; Help us, O Lord, to live our life in Thee, The life that cannot die; Till heavenward ever soaring, By Thy redeeming grace, Before Thy throne adoring We see Thee face to face. Topics: The Last Things The Heavenly Home; The Last Things The Heavenly Home; Heaven Used With Tune: [True Light, that lightest all in heaven and earth]

Wide Open Stand the Gates

Author: J. K. Wilhelm Loehe, 1808-72; Herman G. Stuempfle, Jr., b. 1923 Meter: 10.6.10.6.7.6.7.6 Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: Wide open stand the gates adorned with pearl Topics: The Lord's Supper Scripture: Revelation 5 Used With Tune: JERUSALEM, DU HOCHGEBAUTE STADT