The Sacred Harp ‎#61

61. Sweet rivers of redeeming love

1. Sweet rivers of redeeming love
Lie just before mine eye,
Had I the pinions of a dove
I’d to those rivers fly;
I’d rise superior to my pain,
With joy outstrip the wind,
I’d cross o’er Jordan’s stormy waves,
And leave the world behind.

2. A few more days, or years at most,
My troubles will be o’er;
I hope to join the heav’nly host
On Canaan’s happy shore.
My raptured soul shall drink and feast
In love’s unbounded sea:
The glorious hope of endless rest
Is ravishing for me.

Text Information

• First Line: Sweet rivers of redeeming love
• Author: John Adam Granade (1803)
• Meter: C.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1991

Tune Information

• Name: SWEET RIVERS
• Composer: William Moore (1825)
• Meter: C.M.
• Key: F Major or modal