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: What have I in this barren land
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Hymn 126 (part II)
Page Number: 105 (part II), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsWHAT have I in this barren land?
My Jesus is not here;
Mine eyes will ne'er be blest, until
My Jesus shall appear.
My Jesus is gone up to heav'n,
To fix a place for me;
For 'tis his will, that where he is,
His followers should be.
Canaan I view from Pisgah's top:
Of Canaan's grapes I taste;
My Lord, who sends them to me here,
Will send for me at last.
I have a God that changeth not;
Why should I be perplex'd?
My God, who owns me in this world,
Will own me in the next.
My dearest friends, thy dwell above;
Them will I go to see;
And all my friends in Christ below
Will soon come after me.