{"id":18863,"date":"2023-10-29T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=18863"},"modified":"2023-10-28T20:30:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T00:30:13","slug":"sunday-singing-jerusalem-the-golden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brandywinebooks.net\/?p=18863","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Singing: Jerusalem the Golden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ewing &quot;Jerusalem the Golden&quot;\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jFh9P2ahrPU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last hymn of the month was written by Bernard of Cluny (12th century), who is thought to be French born to English parents. He is most known for this poetic work <em>De contemptu mundi<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cOn Condemning the World\u201d), written ~1140 and dedicated to the abbot of Cluny,\u00a0Peter the Venerable. Englishman John Mason Neale (1818-1866) gave us this translation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCome, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.\u201d And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel, like a jasper, clear as crystal. (Rev. 21:9-11 ESV)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 Jerusalem the golden, with milk and honey blest,<br>beneath your contemplation sink heart and voice oppressed.<br>I know not, O I know not, what joys await us there;<br>what radiancy of glory, what bliss beyond compare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2 They stand, those halls of Zion, all jubilant with song,<br>and bright with many an angel, and all the martyr throng.<br>The Prince is ever in them, the daylight is serene;<br>the pastures of the blessed are decked in glorious sheen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3 There is the throne of David; and there, from care released,<br>the song of them that triumph, the shout of them that feast;<br>and they who with their Leader have conquered in the fight,<br>forever and forever are clad in robes of white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4 O sweet and blessed country, the home of God&#8217;s elect!<br>O sweet and blessed country, that eager hearts expect!<br>Jesus, in mercy bring us to that dear land of rest;<br>who art, with God the Father and Spirit, ever blest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last hymn of the month was written by Bernard of Cluny (12th century), who is thought to be French born to English parents. He is most known for this poetic work De contemptu mundi\u00a0(\u201cOn Condemning the World\u201d), written ~1140 and dedicated to the abbot of Cluny,\u00a0Peter the Venerable. 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