Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
Topic: The Gospel/Hope of Eternal Life
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: J Dadmun
Meter: CM with chorus
Tune: Houston
Hymn Number: 314
Page Number: 116, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOn Jor-dan's storm-y banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Ca-naan's fair and hap-py land,
Where my poss-es-sions lie.
CHO.-There'll be no sor-row-ing there,
There'll be no sor-row-ing there;
In heaven a-bove, where all is love,
There'll be no sor-row-ing there.
Oh the transporting, rapturous scene
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight!
There generous 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 poisonous breath
Can reach that healthful shore;
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death,
Are felt and feared 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!