678 T C.M. HERE is a land of pure delight, f 2 There everlasting spring abides, p Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. cr 3 Bright fields beyond the swelling Stand dressed in living green; [flood So to the Jews fair Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between. p 4 But timorous mortals start and mf 5 O could we make our doubts remove, cr 6 Could we but climb where Moses And view the landscape o'er, [stood, Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, 679 Should fright us from the shore. 6.6.6.6.D. mf THERE is a blessèd home Beyond this land of woe, Where trials never come, Nor tears of sorrow flow; cr Where faith is lost in sight, And patient hope is crowned, f And everlasting light Its glory throws around. p 2 There is a Land of peace: Good angels know it well; cr Glad songs that never cease Within its portals swell; mf Around its glorious throne Ten thousand saints adore NOTE.-After the Long, Common, and Short Metres, the Doxologies follow in numerical order; first the simple numbers, then the double, and then the mixed. And the sequence is always from the higher to the lower, as 108, 8s, 7s; 8.7, 7.6, 6.5, etc. L.M. PRAISE God, from Whom all blessings TO God, the Father, Son, flow! And Spirit, ever blest, S.M. Now, and evermore shall be. Amen. 14 7 Glory, as of old, to Thee, 7.7.7.7.7.7. PRAISE the Name of God most high,LT the voice of all creation, Praise Him, all below the sky, Praise Him, all ye heavenly host, 8.7.8.7.D. Earth and heaven's triumphant host, Praise the God of our salvation, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. See the heavenly elders casting Golden crowns before His throne: Alleluias everlasting 15 Be to Him, and Him alone. Amen. 16 17 |