Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: We have heard of that bright and holy land
Topic: The Present and the Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: PM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1163
Page Number: 698, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWe have heard of that bright, that holy land,
We have heard and our hearts are glad.
For we are a lonely pilgrim band;
We are weary, and worn, and sad.
They tell us that pilgrims have a dwelling there,
No more are they homeless ones,
And they say that the goodly land is fair,
Where the fountain o flife ever runs.
CHORUS
We'll be there, we'll be there in a little while,
And we'll join with the pure and the blest,
We'll all have the palms, the robes, the crowns,
And we'll be for ever at rest.
We have heard of the palms, the robes, the crowns,
Of that silver band in white.
Of the city fair with its golden gates
All radiant with heavenly light.
We have heard of the angels there, and the saints
With their golden harps, how they sing,
And the mount, with the friutful tree of life,
And the leaves that healing bring.
There are beautiful birds in the bowers green,
Their songs are blythe and sweet,
Their warbling gushing ever new,
The angel harpers greet.
We'll be there, we'll be there in a little while,
And we'll join with the pure and the blest;
We'll all have the palms, the robes, the crowns,
And we'll be for ever at rest.