My Heart Is Yearning Ever

My heart is yearn­ing ev­er

To reach a place of rest.

Jerusalem

my hap­py home

In thee my heart shall nev­er

By sin or grief be pressed.

My heart is yearn­ing ev­er

To reach that ci­ty bright.

Within its ra­di­ant por­tals

None ev­er sheds a tear;

God’s ci­ty bright gives all de­light

No grief nor wail or mor­tals

Is where the Lamb is near;

Within its ra­di­ant por­tals

None ev­er sheds a tear.

Their bless­èd Lord and Sav­ior

Doth rule and go­vern them

In peace and joy

with­out al­loy

For sin can en­ter nev­er

The new Je­ru­sa­lem;

Their bless­èd Lord and Sav­ior

Doth rule and go­vern them.

Behold the goal in glo­ry

Now shin­ing from afar.

O city of the God of love

Where no more earth­ly wor­ry

My hap­pi­ness shall mar!

Behold the goal in glo­ry

Now shin­ing from afar.

And ev­en I shall con­quer

In Je­sus’ name and might;

Tho’ weak and faint

still as a saint

I’ll in the hav­en an­chor

Sweet hav­en of de­light.

Yea

ev­en I shall con­quer

In Je­sus’ name and might.