Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Know ye that better land (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Know ye that better land

Topic: Present and Future/Heaven

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: L Mason

Meter: 6s and 4s

Tune: Oak (Stop)

Hymn Number: 761

Page Number: 280, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Know ye that better land

Where care's unknown?

Know ye that blessed band

Around the throne?

There, there is happiness,

There, streams of purest bliss;

There, there are rest and peace-

There, there alone.



Yes, yes, we know that place-

We know it well;

Eye hath not seen his face,

Tongue can not tell;

There are the angels bright

There saints enrobed in white-

All, all are clothed in light-

There, there they dwell.



Oh! we are weary here,

A little band,

Yet soon in glory there

We hope to stand;

Then let us haste away,

Speed o'er this world's dark way,

Unto that land of day-

That better land.



Come! hasten that sweet day,

Let time begone;

Come! Lord, make no delay,

On thy white throne;

Thy face we wish to see,

To dwell and reign with thee,

And thine forever be-

Thine, thine alone.