On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand
Sabbath Psalm
(From Samuel Stennett’s hymn “On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand”)
On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan’s fair and happy land
Where my possessions lie
O’er all those wide extended plains
Shines one eternal day;
There God the Son forever reigns,
And scatters night away.
No chilling winds or poisoned breath
Can reach that peaceful shore;
All sickness, sorrow, pain and death
Are felt and feared no more.
I am bound for the promised land,
I am bound for the promised land;
Oh, who will come and go with me?
I am bound for the promised land!