553 ~ On Jordan’s Stormy Banks
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On Jordan's stormy banks I stand, And cast a wishful eye To Canaan's fair and happy land, Where my possessions lie.
Refrain
We will rest in the fair and happy land, Just across on the evergreen shore; Sing the song of Moses and the Lamb by and by, And dwell with Jesus evermore.
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O'er all those wide extended plain Shines one eternal day; There Christ, the Sun, for ever reigns, And scatters night away.
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When shall I reach that happy place, And be forever blest? When shall I see my Father's face, And in His kingdom rest?
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Filled with delight, my raptured soul Would here no longer stay; Though Jordan's waves around me roll, Fearless I'd launch away.