The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16199

16199. Canaan Melodies

1 My heart is filled with sing­ing,
I’m hap­py all the time;
Within the bells are ring­ing
Their me­lo­dy sub­lime.
The mu­sic of re­demp­tion
Is waft­ed on the breeze,
My soul is filled with glo­ry
And Ca­naan me­lo­dies.

Refrain:
O glo­ry hal­le­lu­jah!
My soul is sanc­ti­fied;
He fills me with His glo­ry
As in Him I con­fide.
I have the "se­cond bless­ing,"
I’m free from sin’s dis­ease;
And now I’m al­ways sing­ing
Sweet Ca­naan me­lo­dies.

2 My life was full of pin­ing
And grum­bling ev­ery day;
But now ’tis spent in shin­ing
And sing­ing on the way.
My soul is filled with laugh­ter,
And with me it agrees,
So now I’m al­ways sing­ing
Sweet Ca­naan me­lo­dies. [Refrain]

3 You ask me, "What’s the sec­ret
Of such a hap­py frame?"
I an­swer, "’Tis the Spi­rit
That keeps my heart aflame.
He sanc­ti­fies me whol­ly,
From sin my soul He frees,
And fills me with His glo­ry
And Ca­naan me­lo­dies." [Refrain]

4 O Chris­tian, cease your strug­gling
With car­nal na­ture’s pow­er,
And seek the se­cond bless­ing
For pu­ri­ty this hour.
Your ser­vice for the Mas­ter
Will then be done with ease,
And you’ll be al­ways sing­ing,
Sweet Ca­naan me­lo­dies. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: My heart is filled with sing­ing
• Title: Canaan Melodies
• Author: Arthur F. Ingler
• Author: E. Hilton Post
• Refrain First Line: O glo­ry hal­le­lu­jah!
• Meter: 76 76 D with refrain
• Language: English
• Source: Canaan Melodies (Kansas City, MO: Publishing House of the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene, 19140
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ÇANKIRI
• Composer: E. Hilton Post (1914)
• Meter: 76.76 D refrain
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain