Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: There is a land a happy land
Topic: Present and Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: W Bradbury
Meter: CM with chorus
Tune: The Land of Beulah
Hymn Number: 758
Page Number: 279, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThere is a land, a hap-py land,
Where tears are wiped a-way
From every eye by God's own hand,
And night is turned to day.
There is a home, a happy home,
Where way-worn travelers rest,
Where toil and languor never come,
And every mourner's blest.
There is a port, a peaceful port,
A safe and quiet shore
Where weary mariners resort
And fear the storms no more.
There is a crown, a dazzling crown,
Bedecked with jewels fair;
And priests and kings of high renown
That crown of glory wear.
That land be mine, that calm retreat,
That crown of glory bright;
Then I'll esteem each bitter sweet,
And every burden light.