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JERUSALEM, MY HOME

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 4, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 9.

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JERUSALEM, MY HOME.

By Hopkins

Jerusalem, my home, Where shines the royal throne; Each king casts down his golden crown Before the Lamb thereon, Thence flows the crystal river, And flowing on forever, With leaves and fruits on either hand, The tree of life shall stand. In blood-washed robes, all white and fair, The Lamb shall lead his chosen there, While clouds of incense fill the air— Jerusalem, my home!
Jerusalem, my home! Where saints in glory reign, Thy haven safe, O when shall I, Poor, storm-tossed pilgrim, gain? At distance dark and dreary, With sin and sorrow weary, For thee I toil, for thee I pray, For thee I long alway, And lo, mine eyes shall see thee, too; O, rend in twain, thou veil of blue, And let the Golden City through— Jerusalem, my home!
—Hopkins.