On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand---Hymn of the Month for June 2020

Happy Hymnody #hymnofthemonth for June 2020– lead by the Blake family! Come on over and join us on Instagram (  / happyhymnody  ) for our monthly hymn study. We desire to teach these beautiful songs to our children and plant these truths in our own hearts as well. We love singing together as a community and would love for you to join us! Free printable lyrics and music are available on our website: happyhymnody.wordpress.com

1. On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan’s fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.

2. O the transporting, rapturous scene,
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight!

Refrain:
I am bound! I am bound! I am bound for the Promise Land!
I am bound! I am bound! I am bound for the Promise Land!

3. There generous fruits that never fail,
On trees immortal grow;
There rocks and hills, and brooks and vales,
With milk and honey flow.

4. O’er all those wide extended plains
Shines one eternal day;
There God the Son forever reigns,
And scatters night away.

Refrain

5. No chilling winds or poisonous breath
Can reach that healthful shore;
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death,
Are felt and feared no more.

6. When I shall reach that happy place,
I’ll be forever blest,
For I shall see my Father’s face,
And in His bosom rest.

7. Filled with delight my raptured soul
Would here no longer stay;
Though Jordan’s waves around me roll,
Fearless I’d launch away.

Refrain

Words: Samuel Stennett, 1787
Retuned by Christopher Miner ©1997 Christopher Miner Music