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Lawrence 118
Lyrics: Samuel Stennett
Tune: Seth Houston, 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.
No chilling wind, nor pois'nous breath
Can reach that healthful shore,
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death
Are felt and feared no more.
His own soft hand shall wipe the tears
From ev'ry weeping eye
And pains and groans and griefs and fears
And death itself shall die.
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