...Irvine. Three stanzas will sufficiently illustrate their identity : — "Hierusalem, my happy home, When shall I come to thee? When shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joyes when shall I see? O happie harbour of the saints ! O sweete and pleasant soyle ! In thee no sorrow...

...you shall 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,...

..." 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 may be found,...

...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...

...thee, No gloom nor darksome night ; But every soul shines as the sun, For God himself gives light. " Oh mother dear, Jerusalem ! When shall I come to thee...shall my sorrows have an end ? Thy joys, when shall I see ?" FOURTH ANNUAL LETTER FROM THE BISHOP OF JERUSALEM. FEW letters have been read under more deeplyafflicting...

...the composition, it is supposed, of David Dickson of Irvine, one of the worthies of Scotland :— " 0 mother dear, Jerusalem ! When shall I come to thee...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 tune of " Dundee."...

...and find me out, Fetch me thy fold unto, That all thy angels may rejoice, While all thy will I do. O mother dear, Jerusalem, When shall I come to thee ? When shall my Borrows have an end, Thy joys when shall I see ? Yet once again I pray thee, Lord, To quit me from...

...thy name And take me hence away, That I may dwell with thee in bliss, And sing thy praise for aye ! O mother dear, Jerusalem ! When shall I come to thee...shall my sorrows have an end, Thy joys when shall I see ? DlCKSON. THE END. INDEX. Page A cloud lay cradled near the setting sun 22 Acquaint thee, O mortal!...

...IIEAVENLV COUNTRY. " Since 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...shall my sorrows have an end— Thy joys when shall I see ? O happy harhour of God's saints ! O sweet and pleasant soil ! In thee no sorrows can be found,...

...name, And take me hence 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...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, what great...