Reward of Saints

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand

No. 991
Words Samuel Stennett.
Singing key G major
3 stanzas

Sung to PERSEVERANCE (hymn 808)

Words

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,And cast a wishful eyeTo Canaan's fair and happy land,Where my possessions lie.O, the transporting, rapturous sceneThat rises to my sight!Sweet fields arrayed in living green,And rivers of delight.

There, generous fruits that never fail,On trees immortal, grow;There rocks and hills and brooks and vale,With milk and honey flow.O'er all those wide, extended plains,Shines one eternal day;There Christ, the sun, forever reigns,And scatters night away.

When shall I reach that happy place,And be forever blest?When shall I see my Father's face,And in his kingdom rest?Filled with delight, my raptured soulWould here no longer stay;Though Jordan's waves around me roll,Fearless, I'd launch away.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «991» and the italic reference line «808, 450.» (sing to the tune of hymn 808 or 450) at the head of the right column of p. 334, below the music of hymn 989; stanzas 1–3 fill the right column, «Samuel Stennett.» in italics at the end. The first word «ON» is set in capitals and small capitals. The stanza numbers are printed without a full stop («1 ON», «2 There,», «3 When»); they are numbered «1.», «2.», «3.» here. The print sets a thin space before «!», «;» and «?» («sight !», «grow ;», «day ;», «blest ?», «rest ?», «stay ;»); it is closed up here. «blest», «O'er», «I'd» and the commas of «There, generous fruits» and «On trees immortal, grow;» are the print's. Straight apostrophes. Lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print. No meter is printed (the text is C. M. D., 8.6.8.6.8.6.8.6).