Northfield Hymnal ‎#129

129. The Land Beyond the Sea!

1 The Land beyond the Sea!
How close it sometimes seems,
When flush’d with evening’s peaceful gleams;
My heart looks o’er the strait, and dreams!
It longs to fly to thee,
Calm Land beyond the Sea!

2 The Land beyond the Sea!
Sometimes across the strait,
Like draw-bridge to a castle gate,
The sunbeams lie and seem to wait
For us to pass to thee,
Calm Land beyond the Sea!

3 The Land beyond the Sea!
When will our toil be done?
Slow-footed years! more swiftly run
Into the gold of th’unsetting sun.
Homesick we are for thee,
Calm Land beyond the Sea!

4 O Land beyond the Sea!
Sweet is thine endless rest,
But sweeter far that Father’s breast,
Upon thy shores fore’er possest;
For Jesus reings o’er thee,
Calm Land beyond the Sea!

Text Information

• First Line: The land beyond the sea!
• Title: The Land Beyond the Sea!
• Author: Anon.
• Publication Date: 1904
• Topic: Heaven and Homeland

Tune Information

• Name: [The land beyond the sea]
• Composer: G. Waring Stebbins