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JERUSALEM.
L.
M.
"
Hope
of
eternal
life,
which
God,
that
cannot
lie,
promised
before
the
world
began."-TITUS
1:
2.
JOHN
CENNICK,
1743.
Key
of
A
Minor.
Arr.
by
WM.
WALKER,
about
1832.
1. {
Je
-
sus,
my all
to
heav'n
is
gone,
He
whom
I
fix
my
hopes
up
-
on;
His
track
I
see,
and
I'll
pur-sue
The
nar-row
way
till
Him
I
view. }
2. {
The
way
the
ho
-
ly
proph-ets
went,
The
road
that
leads
from
ban-ish-ment,
The
King's
high-way
of
ho
-
li-ness
I'll
go,
for
all
His
paths
are
peace. }
3. {
This
is
the
way
I
long
have
sought,
And
mourned
be-cause
I
found
it
not;
My
grief
a
bur
-
den
long
has
been,
Be-cause
I
was
not
saved
from
sin.
4.
{ Then
will
I
tell
to
sin-ners
round,
What
a
dear
Sav-iour
I
have
found;
I'll
point
to
Thy
re-deem - ing
blood,
And
say,
"Be-hold
the
way
to
God." }
I'm
on
my
jour-ney
home
to
the
5.
{
Lo!
glad
I
come,
and
thou,
blest
Lamb,
Shalt
take
me
to
thee,
whose
I
am;
Noth-ing
but
sin
have
I
to
give,
Noth-ing
but
love
shall
I
re-ceive.
}
I'm
on
my
jour-ney
home
to
the
new
Je
-
ru-sa
-
lem,
I'm
on
my
jour-ney
home
to
the
new
Je-ru
-
sa
-
lem,
So
fare
you
well,
So
fare
you
well,
So
fare
you
well,
1
am
go
-
ing
home.
new
Je-ru-sa-lem,
I'm
on
my
jour-ney
home
to
the
new
Je-ru
-
sa-
lem,
So
fare
you
well,
So
fare
you
well,
So
fare
you
well,
I
am
go
-
ing
home.
The
original
title
to
this
hymn
was
"
Christ,
the
Sinner's
Way
to
God."
John
Cennick
was
born
in
England
in
1718.
He
joined
the
Methodist
societies
of
the
Wesley's
when
he
was
seventeen
years
old,
and
afterward
became
a
preacher.
A
dispute
arose
in
the
church,
and
he
afterward
founded
an
independent
church
of
his
own,
which
was
gathered
into
the
Whitfield
and
Huntingdon
connection.
Sometime
after
that
he
joined
the
Moravians,
and
spent
the
remainder
of
his
life
with
them.
He
died
in
1755.
He
was
a
man
of
sincere
piety,
was
a
polished
poet
and
writer.
His
hymns
were
published
in
1741.
He
was
the
author
of
two
great
and
well-known
hymns,
"
Children
of
the
Heavenly
King,"
and
the
above-named
hymn.
The
stanzas
in
both
hymns
are
regarded
of
the
highest
standard
of
hymnics.
The
last
named
has
found
its
way
into
the
hymn
books
of
the
American
churches.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
This
tune
is
credited
to
William
Walker
(about
1832).
See
"
Southern
Harmony,"
by
him,
page
11,
1835;
"
Christian
Harmony,"
by
same
author,
page
207,
1866.
The
tune
in
its
present
form
was
arranged
by
Mr.
Walker,
but
the
author
is
unknown.
copyright,
1909,
by
J.
S.
James.