Text: | On the high cliffs of Jordan with pleasure I stand |
Author: | Anon. |
Tune: | FREDERICK |
Composer: | Geo. Kingsley |
1 On the high cliffs of Jordan with pleasure I stand,
And view in perspective the fair promised land,
The land where the ransomed with singing shall come,
And enter the kingdom prepared as their home.
2 'Tis there all the nations redeemed by the Lamb,
In circles most lovely, his praises proclaim;
Through tempests, and sorrows, and perils, they come,
To enter those mansions prepared as their home.
3 All over those peaceful and beautiful plains,
The Lord, our Redeemer, in righteousness reigns;
His scepter of empire he now doth assume,
And kindly doth welcome his followers home.
4 How blest are those regions, the realms of repose,
Through which the fair river of life gently flows!
The regions ambrosial, forever in bloom;
God's own habitation, the saints' happy home!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | On the high cliffs of Jordan with pleasure I stand |
Author: | Anon. |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | Reward of Saints |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | FREDERICK |
Composer: | Geo. Kingsley |
Meter: | 11s |
Key: | F Major or modal |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #512 or 511. |