The Minstrel of Zion ‎#159

159. The land of Canaan

1 There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign,
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.

Chorus:
O Canaan, bright Canaan,
It is the land of Canaan.
O Canaan, bright Canaan,
It is the land of Canaan.

2 There everlasting spring abides,
And never-withering flowers;
Death like a narrow sea divides
This heavenly land from ours. [Chorus]

3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood,
Stand dress'd in living green;
So to the Jew old Canaan stood,
While Jordan roll'd between. [Chorus]

4 Could we but climb where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o'er;
Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood,
Should fright us from the shore. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: There is a land of pure delight
• Title: The land of Canaan
• Refrain First Line: O Canaan, bright Canaan
• Publication Date: 1845

Tune Information

• Name: "THE LAND OF CANAAN"
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: C Major