On Jordan’s Stormy Banks Lyrics Samuel Stennett, 1787
4 verses and a refrain, meter C.M., public domain, free to print and project.
The words
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.
Refrain We will rest in the fair and happy land,
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’er all those wide-extended plains
Shines one eternal day;
There God the Son forever reigns
And scatters night away.
Verse 3. When shall I reach that happy place,
And be forever blest?
When shall I see my Father’s face,
And in his bosom rest?
Verse 4. Filled with delight, my raptured soul
Would here no longer stay;
Tho’ Jordan’s waves around me roll,
Fearless I’d launch away.
Sing the refrain after every verse.
Words copied from The Otterbein Hymnal (1892). They were published in 1787, so they are in the public domain in the United States, and your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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