...version may be compared with the one current upwards of a century and a half ago : — "Jerusalem! my happy home! When shall I come to thee? When shall my labours have an end, Thy joys when shall I see? Thy gates are richly set with pearls, 4 Most glorious...

...hear, Our Lord, our God, died on the cross, For us whom he loved so dear. O fair, O fair Jerusalem, When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joy that I may see ? The fields were green as green could be, When from his glorious seat Our Lord,...

...crown, And sit with Jesus on his throne ! SWAIN. . Longing for the New Jerusalem. CM 1 JERUSALEM ! my happy home, " When shall I come to thee ? When shall my labours have an end '. Thy joys when shall I see ? 2 Thy gates are richly set with pearl, Most glorious...

...(See Littell's " Living Age," vol. xxviii. pp. 333—336.) The hymn is as follows : — Jerusalem ! my happy home, When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joys when shall I see ? Oh, hippy harbour of the saints ; O sweet and pleasant soil ; In thee no sorrow...

...Augustine. We are sure our readers will thank us for giving it in one of its oldest known forms. Jerusalem ! my happy home ! When shall I come to thee, When shall my sorrows have an end, Thyf joys when shall I see ? Oh, happy harbour of the saints! Oh, sweet and pleasant soil ! In thee...

...supposed, of David Dickson of Irvine, one of the worthies of Scotland :— " 0 mother dear, Jerusalem ! When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end ? Thy joys when shall I see ?" This hymn his Scottish mother had taught him to sing, when a child, to the...

...night ; But every soul shines as the sun, For God himself gives light. " Oh mother dear, Jerusalem ! When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end ? Thy joys, when shall I see ?" FOURTH ANNUAL LETTER FROM THE BISHOP OF JERUSALEM. FEW letters have been...

...Christ's fair truth needs no man's art, Take this rude song in better part. O MOTHER dear, Jerusalem, When shall I come to thee? "When shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joys when shall I see ? O happy harbour of God's saints ! O sweet and pleasant soil ! In thee no sorrows...

...evidently the original of our hymn, being in most respects quite identical. We only give a verse : ' Hierusalem ! my happy home ! When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joys when shall I see ? ' * We counted some five or six allusions to James as then reigning, besides...

...away, That I may dwell with thee in bliss, And sing thy praise for aye. О mother dear, Jerusalem ! When shall I come to thee ? When shall my sorrows have an end ? Thy joys when shall I see ? LECTURE VIL CHRISTIAN IN THE HOUSE OF THE INTERPRETER Meaning of the Interpreter,...