← On the high cliffs of Jordan with pleasure I stand Hymns and Tunes (1888) · No. 1006

On the high cliffs of Jordan with pleasure I stand

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On the high cliffs of Jordan with pleasure I stand,And view in perspective the fair promised land,—The land where the ransomed with singing shall come,And enter the kingdom prepared as their home.

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'T is there all the nations redeemed by the Lamb,In circles most lovely, his praises proclaim;Through tempests, and sorrows, and perils, they come,To enter those mansions prepared as their home.

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All over those peaceful and beautiful plains,The Lord, our Redeemer, in righteousness reigns;His scepter of empire he now doth assume,And kindly doth welcome his followers home.

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How blest are those regions, the realms of repose,Through which the fair river of life gently flows!—The regions ambrosial, forever in bloom;—God's own habitation, the saints' happy home!