Text: | On Jordan's stormy banks I stand |
Author (Verses): | Samuel Stennett (1727-95) |
1 On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wistful eye
To Canaan’s fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
Refrain:
I am bound for the promised land,
I’m bound for the promised land;
O who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the promised land.
2 That bright, transporting, rapturous scene
That rises to my sight,
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.
3 There generous fruits that never fail,
On trees immortal grow;
There rocky hills, and brooks and vales,
With milk and honey flow.
4 O’er all those wide extended plains
Shines one eternal day;
There God, the Son, forever reigns
And scatters night away.
5 Soon will the Lord my soul prepare
For joys beyond the sky,
Where never-ceasing music rolls,
And praises never die.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | On Jordan's stormy banks I stand |
Author (Verses): | Samuel Stennett (1727-95) |
Refrain First Line: | I am bound for the promised land |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1986 |
Topic: | The Life to Come |