The Cyber Hymnal ‎#16290

16290. The Beautiful Country

1 O beau­ti­ful land of the bless­ed,
Where com­eth not sor­row or sin;
How hap­py the day that my spir­it
Shall en­ter thy por­tals with­in.

Refrain:
O beau­ti­ful, beau­ti­ful coun­try!
Bright re­gion of glo­ry above;
O soon may I en­ter thy por­tals
To dwell with the Sav­ior I love.

2 Sweet home of the good and the ho­ly,
Blest place of the pur­est de­light;
Where hearts, at the ri­ver that part­ed,
In rap­tur­ous joy shall unite. [Refrain]

3 Some day, in that beau­ti­ful count­ry,
The song of the ran­somed I’ll sing,
When Christ to the hea­ven­ly man­sion
My glo­ri­fied spir­it shall bring. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: O beau­ti­ful land of the bless­ed
• Title: The Beautiful Country
• Author: Ada Blenkhorn (1898)
• Refrain First Line: O beau­ti­ful, beau­ti­ful coun­try!
• Meter: 98.98 D
• Language: English
• Source: Gospel Herald in Song by William S. Nickle, George J. Meyer, and Owen F. Pugh (Chicago: Meyer & Brother, 1899)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: LEEUWARDEN
• Composer: H. Gerdes Odinga (1898)
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain