SAINTS' DAYS: ALL SAINTS
Note.—This hymn may also be sung to St. Alphege (No. 348).
Caelestis O Jerusalem.
O HEAVENLY Jerusalem
Of everlasting halls,
Thrice blessèd are the people
Thou storest in thy walls.
2 Thou art the golden mansion,
Where Saints for ever sing,
The seat of God's own chosen,
The palace of the King.
3 There God for ever sitteth,
Himself of all the Crown;
The Lamb the Light that shineth
And never goeth down.
4 Nought to this seat approacheth
Their sweet peace to molest;
They ring their God for ever,
Nor day nor night they rest.
5 Calm hope from thence is leaning,
To her our longings bend;
No short-lived toil shall daunt us
For joys that cannot end.
6. To Christ, the Sun that lightens
His Church above, below,
To Father, and to Spirit,
All things created bow. Amen.
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