New Jerusalem (Alexander Johnson)

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• (Posted 2017-05-05)  CPDL #44387:       

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-05-05).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 74 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note heads converted to oval shapes. All six stanzas of Francis' hymn included.

• (Posted 2017-05-05)  CPDL #44386:   

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-05-05).   Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 75 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Note heads in four-shape format, as originally printed in 1818. All six stanzas of Francis' hymn included.

General Information

Title: New Jerusalem
First Line: My gracious redeemer I'll love
Composer: Alexander Johnson
Lyricist: Benjamin Francis

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 88. 88. D (L.M.D.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1818 in Johnson's Tennessee Harmony
Description: Words by Benjamin Francis, 1787, entitled Supreme Love to Christ, with six stanzas.

Original text and translations

English text 1. My gracious redeemer I'll love, His praises aloud I'll proclaim, And join with the armies above To shout his adorable name. To gaze on his glories divine Shall be my eternal employ, And feel them incessantly shine, My boundless ineffable joy. 2. He freely redeemed with his blood, My soul from the confines of hell, To live on the smiles of my God, And in his sweet presence to dwell; To shine with the angels of light, With saints and with seraphs to sing, To view, with eternal delight, My Jesus, my Savior, my King.

3. In Meshek, as yet, I reside, A darksome and restless abode! Molested with foes on each side, And longing to dwell with my God. O, when shall my spirit exchange This cell of corruptible clay, For mansions celestial, and range Through realms of ineffable day! 4. My glorious redeemer! I long To see thee descend on the cloud, Amidst the bright numberless throng, And mix with the triumphing crowd. O, when wilt thou bid me ascend, To join in thy praises above, To gaze on thee, world without end, And feast on thy ravishing love?

5. Nor sorrow, nor sickness, nor pain, Nor sin, nor temptation, nor fear, Shall ever molest me again, Perfection of glory reigns there. This soul and this body shall shine In robes of salvation and praise, And banquet on pleasures divine, Where God his full beauty displays. 6. Ye palaces, scepters, and crowns, Your pride with disdain I survey; Your pomps are but shadows and sounds; And pass in a moment away: The crown that my Savior bestows, Yon permanent sun shall outshine; My joy everlastingly flows, My God, my Redeemer is mine.