Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
Topic: Christian Honors and Privileges
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune: Pleasant-hill
Hymn Number: Song 23 (part I)
Page Number: 098 (part I), 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, forever 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 fear'd no more.
When shall I reach that happy place,
And be forever 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.