LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) and refra
| | Writer(s): | Samuel Stennett
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1787
| | Bible Refs: | Rev 21:23; Is 33:17
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 479
| Hymns for Worship and Celebration
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| 552
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
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| 973
| United Methodist Hymn Book
| 1989
| 724
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MUSIC
Hymns for Worship and Celebration
| 552
| Eb
| Baptist Hymnal
| 479
| F
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 973
| G
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Alternate Tunes
| STORMY | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) and refra | M. (Miss) Durham & Rigdon McCoy McIntosh |
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| 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 the transporting, rapturous scene,
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight!
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.
3. There generous fruits that never fail,
On trees immortal grow;
There rocks and hills, and brooks and vales,
With milk and honey flow.
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.
4. O’er all those wide extended plains
Shines one eternal day;
There God the Son forever reigns,
And scatters night away.
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.
5. No chilling winds or poisonous breath
Can reach that healthful shore;
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death,
Are felt and feared no more.
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.
6. 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.
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.
7. Filled with delight my raptured soul
Would here no longer stay;
Though Jordan’s waves around me roll,
Fearless I’d launch away.
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.
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