Text:Canaan promis'd is before

I.III. Canaan promis'd is before

1 Canaan promis'd is before;
Come let us forward go,
Not the Ocean, nor its Roar,
Nor the Egyptian Foe,
May obstruct, when God commands;
His Pow'r on our Behalf he shows:
Move we forward to the Land,
Where Milk and Honey flows.

2 Pharaoh's Hosts, our Flesh and Sence,
Press hard upon our Rear;
Vainly strive to cause Offence,
Or make the Spirit fear:
God prtects us in his Hand,
Whilst Vengeance on his Foes he throws:
Move we forward to the Land,
Where Milk and Honey flows.

3 Roaring Floods clap Hands aloud,
To drive us back again;
Seas of Trials vastly crowd
T' affright the Sons of men:
Jesus bids us quiet stand,
Whilst he his great Salvation shows:
Move we forward to the Land,
Where Milk and Honey flows.

4 Seas divide before our Face,
And stand upon an Heap;
Mighty Waters, by his Grace,
Shrink from the fearful Deep:
On we march at his Command,
Nor dread the Power of our Foes:
Move we forward to the Land,
Where Milk and Honey flows.

5 Love, which God to us doth shew,
Strikes the Egyptian dead;
Floods, which give us Passage thro'
Return upon their Head:
Dead we see them on the Strand,
Nor can they farther us pursue;
We are in Immanuel's Land,
Where Milk and honey flow.

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First Line: Canaan promis'd is before
Language: English
Publication Date: 1776
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