Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
Topic: The Gospel/The Hope of Eternal Life
Writer: <no first name given> Stennett
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 431
Page Number: 263, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOn Jordan's stormy banks I stand
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
O the transporting, rapt'rous scene,
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields array'd in living green,
And rivers of delight!
There gen'rous fruits that never fail
On trees immortal grow;
There rocks and hills, and brooks and vales
With milk and honey flow.
All o'er these wide, extended plains,
Shines one eternal day;
There God, the Sun, for ever reigns,
And scatters night away.
No chilling winds nor pois'nous breath
Can reach that healthful shore;
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death,
Are felt and feared no more.
When shall I reach that happy place,
And be fore ever blest!
When shall I see my Father's face,
And in his bosom rest!
Fill'd with delight, my raptur'd soul
Would here no longer stay;
Though Jordan's waves around me roll,
Fearless I'd launch away.