Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: There is a land a happy land
Topic: The Present and the Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1129
Page Number: 671, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThere is a land, a happy land,
Where tears are wiped away
From ev'ry 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.