Author: Isaac Watts Hymnal: Triumphant Songs No.3 #160 (1892) First Line: There is a land of pure delight Lyrics: 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] Topics: Heaven Tune Title: [There is a land of pure delight]
On the evergreen shore