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Land of Pleasure

Appears in 96 hymnals First Line: There is a land of pleasure Used With Tune: [There is a land of pleasure]

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LAND OF PLEASURE

Meter: 7.8 Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Davison; William Walker Incipit: 32161 56123 21232 Used With Text: There is a land of pleasure
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[There is a land of pleasure]

Appears in 1 hymnal Incipit: 31653 56561 12123 Used With Text: Land of Pleasure
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[There is a land of pleasure]

Appears in 62 hymnals Incipit: 54333 33456 55432 Used With Text: Land of Pleasure

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There is a land of pleasure

Hymnal: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #63 (1854) Meter: 7.8 Lyrics: 1. There is a land of pleasure, Where streams of joy for ever roll, 'Tis there I have my treasure, And there I long to rest my soul. Long darkness dwelt around me, With scarcely once a cheering ray, But since my Savior found me, A lamp has shone along my way. 2. My way is full of danger, But 'tis the path that leads to God; And like a faithful soldier, I'll march along the heavenly road; Now I must gird my sword on, My breastplate, helmet, and my shield, And fight the hosts of Satan Until I reach the heavenly field. 3. I'm on the way to Zion, Still guarded by my Savior's hand; O, come along, dear sinners, And view Emmanuel's happy land: To all that stay behind me, I bid a long, a sad farewell! O come! or you'll repent it, When you shall reach the gates of hell. 4. The vale of tears surrounds me, And Jordan's current rolls before; O! how I stand and tremble, To hear the dismal waters roar! Whose hand shall then support me, And keep my soul from sinking there From sinking down to darkness, And to the regions of despair? 5. This stream shall not affright me, Although it take me to the grave; If Jesus stand beside me, I'll safely ride on Jordan's wave: His word can calm the ocean, His lamp can cheer the gloomy vale: O may this friend be with me, When through the gates of death I sail! 6. Come, then, thou king of terrors, Thy fatal dart may lay me low; But soon I'll reach those regions Where everlasting pleasures flow: O sinners, I must leave you, And join that blessed immortal band, No more to stand beside you, Till at the judgment bar we stand. 7. Soon the archangel's trumpet Shall shake the globe from pole to pole. And all the wheels of nature Shall in a moment cease to roll. Then we shall see the Savior, With shining ranks of angels come, To execute his vengeance, And take his ransomed people home. Languages: English Tune Title: LAND OF PLEASURE
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Land of Pleasure

Author: Alexander Campbell Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #10268 First Line: There is a land of pleasure Lyrics: 1 There is a land of pleasure, Where streams of joy for ever roll, ’Tis there I have my treasure, And there I long to rest my soul. Long darkness dwelt around me, With scarcely once a cheering ray, But since my Savior found me, A lamp has shone along my way. But since my Savior found me, A lamp has shone along my way. 2 My way is full of danger, But ’tis the path that leads to God; And like a faithful soldier, I’ll march along the heavenly road; Now I must gird my sword on, My breastplate, helmet, and my shield, And fight the hosts of Satan Until I reach the heavenly field. And fight the hosts of Satan Until I reach the heavenly field. 3 I’m on the way to Zion, Still guarded by my Savior’s hand; O, come along, dear sinners, And view Emmanuel’s happy land: To all that stay behind me, I bid a long, a sad farewell! O come! or you’ll repent it, When you shall reach the gates of hell. O come! or you’ll repent it, When you shall reach the gates of hell. 4 The vale of tears surrounds me, And Jordan’s current rolls before; O! how I stand and tremble, To hear the dismal waters roar! Whose hand shall then support me, And keep my soul from sinking there? From sinking down to darkness, And to the regions of despair? From sinking down to darkness, And to the regions of despair? 5 This stream shall not affright me, Although it take me to the grave; If Jesus stand beside me, I’ll safely ride on Jordan’s wave: His word can calm the ocean, His lamp can cheer the gloomy vale: O may this Friend be with me, When through the gates of death I sail! O may this Friend be with me, When through the gates of death I sail! 6 Come, then, thou king of terrors, Thy fatal dart may lay me low; But soon I’ll reach those regions Where everlasting pleasures flow: O sinners, I must leave you, And join that blessed immortal band, No more to stand beside you, Till at the judgment bar we stand. No more to stand beside you, Till at the judgment bar we stand. 7 Soon the archangel’s trumpet Shall shake the globe from pole to pole. And all the wheels of nature Shall in a moment cease to roll. Then we shall see the Savior, With shining ranks of angels come, To execute His vengeance, And take His ransomed people home. To execute His vengeance, And take His ransomed people home. Languages: English Tune Title: [There is a land of pleasure]
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The Land of Pleasure

Hymnal: Bradbury's Golden Shower of S.S. Melodies #8 (1862) First Line: There is a land of pleasure Languages: English Tune Title: [There is a land of pleasure]

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William Walker

1809 - 1875 Arranger of "LAND OF PLEASURE" in The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.)

Ananias Davisson

1780 - 1857 Person Name: Davison Composer of "LAND OF PLEASURE" in The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) Ananias Davisson (February 2, 1780 – October 21, 1857) was a singing school teacher, printer and compiler of shape note tunebooks. Davisson was born February 2, 1780 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He spent his last years living on a farm at Weyer's Cave, about 14 miles from Dayton, Virginia, and died October 21, 1857. He is buried in the Massanutten-Cross Keys Cemetery, Rockingham County, Virginia. Davisson was a member and ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church. He is best known for his 1816 compilation the Kentucky Harmony (Harrisonburg, Virginia), which is generally considered the first Southern shape-note tunebook. Composer and publisher William B. Blake said it was "a book characteristic of that period, abounding in minor tunes." Other books published by Davisson were A Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony (Harrisonburg, Virginia: 1820), Introduction to Sacred Music, Extracted from the Kentucky Harmony and Chiefly Intended for the Benefit of Young Scholars, (Harrisonburg, Virginia: 1821), and A Small Collection of Sacred Music (Harrisonburg, Virginia: 1825). According to musicologist George Pullen Jackson, Davisson's compilations are "pioneer repositories of a sort of song that the rural South really liked." Perhaps his best-known tune is "Idumea," a minor tune very popular in Southern shape note circles and featured in the movie Cold Mountain. In addition to his own tunebooks, Davisson also printed Songs of Zion by James P. Carrell (1821) --en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

William B. Bradbury

1816 - 1868 Person Name: William Batchelder Bradbury Composer of "[There is a land of pleasure]" in The Cyber Hymnal William Bachelder Bradbury USA 1816-1868. Born at York, ME, he was raised on his father's farm, with rainy days spent in a shoe-shop, the custom in those days. He loved music and spent spare hours practicing any music he could find. In 1830 the family moved to Boston, where he first saw and heard an organ and piano, and other instruments. He became an organist at 15. He attended Dr. Lowell Mason's singing classes, and later sang in the Bowdoin Street church choir. Dr. Mason became a good friend. He made $100/yr playing the organ, and was still in Dr. Mason's choir. Dr. Mason gave him a chance to teach singing in Machias, ME, which he accepted. He returned to Boston the following year to marry Adra Esther Fessenden in 1838, then relocated to Saint John, New Brunswick. Where his efforts were not much appreciated, so he returned to Boston. He was offered charge of music and organ at the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn. That led to similar work at the Baptist Tabernacle, New York City, where he also started a singing class. That started singing schools in various parts of the city, and eventually resulted in music festivals, held at the Broadway Tabernacle, a prominent city event. He conducted a 1000 children choir there, which resulted in music being taught as regular study in public schools of the city. He began writing music and publishing it. In 1847 he went with his wife to Europe to study with some of the music masters in London and also Germany. He attended Mendelssohn funeral while there. He went to Switzerland before returning to the states, and upon returning, commenced teaching, conducting conventions, composing, and editing music books. In 1851, with his brother, Edward, he began manufacturring Bradbury pianos, which became popular. Also, he had a small office in one of his warehouses in New York and often went there to spend time in private devotions. As a professor, he edited 59 books of sacred and secular music, much of which he wrote. He attended the Presbyterian church in Bloomfield, NJ, for many years later in life. He contracted tuberculosis the last two years of his life. John Perry