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Gordon 78
Lyrics: Samuel Stennett
Tune: Megan Henderson, 1991
Meter: C.M. (8,6,8,6)
On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye,
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
Chorus:
Oh, the transporting rapt'rous scene
That rises to my sight,
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.
O'er all those wide extended plains
Shines one eternal day;
There God the son forever reigns
And scatters night away.
No chilling winds or pois'nous breath
Can reach that healthful shore,
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death
Are felt and feared no more.
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