Jerusalem, Jerusalem How Glad

Jerusalem, Jerusalem how glad am I in prayer to have stood; in thee blessed city at remains of thy second temple’s walls. Jerusalem, Jerusalem Oh how glad am I sacred Via Dolorosa walked; in remembrance atonement passed stations of The Cross to have passed. Jerusalem, Jerusalem Oh how glad am I who before entering sacred; Garden of Gethsemane to view aged olive trees was cast down humbled. For Jesus in agony fear here sweated blood in prayer to heaven to father God; when last among these olives he stood thus rejoice all bowed before our Lord. In pilgrimage to Calvary where our Lord for my sins humanities Christ was Crucified; where a group of witnesses Marys stood bewailing in heart soul worship as we should. This most Holy City Jerusalem City of our God site of our Saviour’s Cross where our Saviour trod; Almighty God this is thy most sacred Holy City still at Messiah’s return here raise holy men at thy will. The Via Dolorosa (Latin for Way of Grief or Way of Suffering) is the sacred two part street, within the Old City of Jerusalem; where Jesus walked carrying the cross, on the way to his crucifixion. Copyright © Terence George Craddock