160. On the evergreen shore

1 There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.

Refrain:
On the evergreen shore,
On the evergreen shore,
We will meet over there, by and by;
On the evergreen shore,
On the evergreen shore,
We will meet over there, by and by.

2 There everlasting spring abides,
And never with’ring flow’rs;
Death, like a narrow sea, divides
This heav'nly land from ours. [Refrain]

3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood,
Stand dressed in living green;
So to the Jews old Canaan stood,
While Jordan rolled between. [Refrain]

4 Oh, could we make our doubts remove,
The gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love
With unbeclouded eyes. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: There is a land of pure delight
Title: On the evergreen shore
Author: Isaac Watts
Refrain First Line: On the evergreen shore
Publication Date: 1892
Topic: Heaven
Tune Information
Name: [There is a land of pure delight]
Composer: John B. Shaw



Media
MIDI file: MIDI
More media are available on the text authority page.

Suggestions or corrections? Contact us