On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land
Where my possessions lie
We will rest in the fair and happy land, by and by
Just across on the evergreen shore
Sing the song of Moses and the Lamb, by and by
And dwell with Jesus evermore
O the transporting, rapturous scene
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields, arrayed in living green
And rivers of delight
O'er all those wideextended plains
Shines one eternal day
There God, the Sum for ever reigns
And scatters night away
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When shall I reach that happy place
And be for ever blest?
When shall I see my Father's face
And in His bosom rest?
Filled with delight, my raptured soul
Would here no longer stay
Tho' Jordan's waves around me roll
Fearless I'd launch away
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