ON JORDAN’S STORMY BANKS I STAND
Verse 1
On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye,
To Canaan’s fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
Chorus
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.
Verse 2
O the transporting, rapturous scene
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields, arrayed in living green
And rivers of delight.
Chorus
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.
Verse 3
O’er all those wide-extended plains
Shines one eternal day;
There God, the Sun, for ever reigns,
And scatters night a-way.
Chorus
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.
Verse 4
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?
Chorus
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.
Verse 5
Filled with delight, my raptured soul
Would here no longer stay;
Though Jordan’s waves around me roll,
Fearless I’d launch away.
Chorus
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.
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