Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
Topic: Heaven
Writer: Samuel Stennett
Composer: T O'Kane
Meter: CM with chorus
Tune: On Jordan's Stormy Banks
Hymn Number: 573
Page Number: 209, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOn Jor-dan's storm-y banks I stand,
And cast a wish-ful eye
To Ca-naan's fair and hap-py land,
Where my pos-ses-sions lie.-CHO.
CHO.-We will rest in the fair and hap-py land, (by and by,)
Just a-cross on the ev-er-green shore
Sing the song of Mo-ses and the Lamb, by and by,
And dwell with Je-sus ev-er-more.
O'er all those wide-ex-tend-ed plains
Shines one e-ter-nal day;
There God, the Sun, for-ev-er reigns,
And scat-ters night a-way.-CHO.
When shall I reach that happy place,
And be forever blest?
When shall I see my Father's face
And in his bosom rest?-CHO.
Filled with delight, my raptured soul
Would here no longer stay;
Though Jordan's waves around me roll,
Fearless I'd launch away.-CHO.