On Jordan's Stormy Banks (I Stand)

Words: Samuel Stennett, 1787
Samuel Stennett was the grandson of London Sabbatarian Minister Joseph Stennett.

Music:  by Miss. M. Durham, 1835, arr. R.M. McIntosh, 1895
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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’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.

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