Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Know ye that better land (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Know ye that better land

Topic: The Present and the Future/Heaven

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

Composer:

Meter: 6s and 4s

Tune:

Hymn Number: 1136

Page Number: 675, 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 enrob'd in white,

All, all are cloth'd in light-

There, there they dwell.



O! 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 for ever be-

Thine, thine alone.