International Song Service ‎#36

36. There is a land of pure delight

1 There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;
Eternal day excludes the nigh,
And pleasures banish pain.
There everlasting spring abides,
And never with'ring flowers;
Death, like a narrow sea, divides
This heav'nly land from ours.

2 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood,
Stand dressed in living green;
So to the Jews old Canaan stood,
While Jordan rolled between.
Could we but climb where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o'er,
Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood,
Should fright us from the shore.

Text Information

• First Line: There is a land of pure delight
• Author: I. Watts
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1895

Tune Information

• Name: VARINA
• Composer: Geo. F. Root. By per
• Meter: C. M. D.
• Key: D Major