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On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand
1 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand, and cast a wishful eye to Canaan's fair and happy land, where my possessions lie. Refrain: I am bound for the promised land, I am bound for the promised land; oh, who will come and go with me? I am bound for the promised land. 2 O'er all those wide extended plains shines one eternal day; there God the Son forever reigns, and scatters night away. [Refrain] 3 No chilling winds or poisonous breath can reach that healthful shore; sickness and sorrow, pain and death, are felt and feared no more. [Refrain] 4 When I shall reach that happy place, I'll be forever blest, for I shall see my Father's face, and in his bosom rest. [Refrain]
WORDS: Samuel Stennett, 1787
MUSIC: Rigdon M. McIntosh, 1895
Theme: Heaven; New Heaven and a New Earth: The Completion of Creation (The City of God); Pilgrimage; Triumph