The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7051

7051. Vale of Beulah

1. I am passing down the valley
that they say is so lone,
But I find that all the pathway
is with flowers overgrown;
’Tis to me the vale of Beulah,
’tis a beautiful way,
For the Savior walks beside me,
my Companion all day.

Refrain
Vale of Beulah! Vale of Beulah!
Thou art precious to me;
For the lovely land of Canaan
in the distance I see.

2. Not a shadow, not a shadow
ever darkens the way,
For a radiance of rare glory
shines upon it all day;
And the music, sweetly chanted
by the heavenly throng,
Floats in cadence down the valley,
and it cheers me along. [Refrain]

3. So I journey with rejoicing
toward the City of Light,
While each day my joy is deeper,
and the path grows more bright;
And I near the open portals
of the kingdom above,
For this highway leads to Canaan,
to the Kingdom of Love. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: I am passing down the valley
• Title: Vale of Beulah
• Author: Elisha A. Hoffman (1888)
• Refrain First Line: Vale of Beulah! Vale of Beulah! Thou art precious to me
• Meter: 86.86.86.86.86.86
• Language: English
• Source: Appeared in Living Hymns, by John Wanamaker & John R. Sweney (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: John J. Hood, 1890), page 7
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: KIGALI
• Composer: Joseph Garrison (1888)
• Meter: 86.86.86.86.86.86
• Incipit: 34553 32166 54533
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Public Domain