The Eden Above

Representative Text

1 We're bound for the land of the pure and the holy;
The home of the happy, the Kingdom of love;
Ye wanderers from God in the broad road of folly
O say, will you go to the Eden above?

Refrain:
Will you go? Will you go?
Will you go? Will you go?
O say, will you go to the Eden above?

2 In that blessèd land neither sighing nor anguish
Can breathe in the fields where the glorified rove
Ye heart-burdened ones, who in misery languish,
O say, will you go to the Eden above?

3 Each saint has a mansion, prepared and all furnished,
Ere from this small house he is summoned to move;
Its gates and its towers with glory are burnished;
O say, will you go to the Eden above?

4 March on, happy soldiers, the land is before you,
And soon its ten thousand delights we shall prove
Yes, soon we’ll be massed on the hills of bright Glory,
And drink the pure joys of the Eden above.

Refrain:
We will go! We will go!
We will go! We will go!
O yes, we will go to the Eden above!


Source: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #905

Author: William Hunter

Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :— 1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: We're bound for the land of the pure and the holy
Title: The Eden Above
Author: William Hunter
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Will you go?
Copyright: Public Domain

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American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a342

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American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa342

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Apostolic Hymns and Songs #53

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Band Music #110

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Better Than Pearls #233

Beulah Bells #d138

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Choral Echoes from the Church of God in All Ages #333

Christ in Song #d637

Cross and Crown Hymnal, 3rd ed. #d489

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Devotional Melodies #80

Fruits and Flowers #d172

Full Salvation Hymnal #d185

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Garden of Spices #324

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Garden of Spices #335

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Gathered Jewels No. 2 #195

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Highway Songs #31

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Hymns and Songs #276

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Hymns and Tunes #472

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d1243

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Hymns New and Old #157

Hymns of Progress #d215

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a442

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Hymns of the Advent #241b

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Hymns of the Morning #241b

Joyful Voices #d98

Kind Words #d108

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Kind Words #67

Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns. 4th ed. #d230

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One Hundred Favorite Songs and Music #103

One Hundred Favorite Songs of the Salvation Army #d161

Progressive Songster #d169

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Purest Gems #50

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Redemption Songs #101

Revival Hymns #d181

Revival Hymns #d92

Revival Melodies #d31

Sacred Melodies (Revised) #d330

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Sacred Melodies for Social Worship #336

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Salvation Army Music #254

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Salvation Army Songs #83

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Salvation Echoes #56a

Salvation Soldiers' Song Book #d31

Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d663

Second Advent Hymn Book #d114

Select Hymns for the use of the Mission School of the Madison Square Presbyterian Church #d118

Select Melodies, comprising the Best of Those Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Common Use #d258

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Songs and Music #11

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Songs for Worship #110

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Songs of the Peacemaker #92

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Songs of Victory #248

Sought-Out Songs for Christian Workers #d159

Sought-Out Songs for Christian Workers #d161

Spiritual Melodies #d337

Spiritual Melodies. Enl. & impr. ed. #d397

Spiritual Songs and Hymns for Pilgrims. New Church ed. #d206

Sunday School Hymn Book #d492

Sunday School Joy Bells #d120

Supplement to the Advent and Sabbath Hymn Book #d83

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d853

The American Hymn and Tune Book, Newly Revised and Especially Adapted to Vestry Use #d154

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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #342

The Anniversary and Sunday School Music Book No. 1-5 #d194

The Anniversary and Sunday School Music Book Nos. 1 and 2 with additions #d60

The Bible Harp #d300

The Canadian Warbler #d182

The Choralist #d376

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The Christian Hymn Book #331

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The Christian Hymnal #251

The Christian Lyre #d468

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The Church Hymnal #368

The Confederate Sunday School Hymn Book #d133

The Eolian Harp #d129

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The Eolian Harp #7

The Gem #d182

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The Gospel Trumpeter #163

The Gospel Trumpeter #d111

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The Highway Hymnal (Revised edition) #186

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The Highway Hymnal #186

The Hymnist #d122

The Joyful News Song Book; a Collection of Hymns for Evangelistic Services. Enlarged ed. #d95

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The Jubilee Harp #442

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The Melodeon #43

The Message Bird #d97

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The Minstrel of Zion #94

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The New Jubilee Harp #S84

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The New Sabbath School Hosanna #75

The Pilgrim's Harp #d269

The Revival Music Book #d67

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The Sabbath School Bell #27

The Sabbath School Hosanna #d183

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The Salvation Army Music #201

The Salvation Army Solos #d67

The Salvation Soldier's Song Book #d123

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