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THE
PROMISED
LAND.
C.
M.
"Thine
eyes
shall
behold
the
King
in
his
beauty:
they
shall
behold
the
land
that
is
very
far
off."-ISA.
33
:
17.
SAMUEL
STENNET,
1787.
Key
of
F
Sharp
Minor.
Arr.
by
Miss
M.
DURHAM,
about
1840.
1.
On
Jordan's
stormy
banks
-
stand,
And
cast
a
wist-ful
eye
To
Canaan's
fair
and
hap-py
land,
Where
my
possessions
lie.
I
am
2.
O
the
transporting,
rapt'rous
scene
That
ris
-
es
to
my
sight!
Sweet
fields
arrayed
in
liv
-
ing
green,
And
riv-ers
of
de
-
light.
I
am
3.
Filled
with
de-light,
my
raptured
soul
Would
here
no
lon-ger
stay!
Though
Jordan's
waves
a-round
me
roll,
Fear-less
I'd
launch
a-way.
I
am
bound
for
the
promised
land,........
I'm
bound
for
the
promised
land,
Oh,
who
will
come
and
go
with
me,
I
am
bound
for
the
promised
land.
Samuel
Stennett
was
one
of
the
most
influential
and
highly
respected
ministers
of
the
Dissenting
persuasion
in
England,
and
was
a
confidant
of
many
of
the
distinguishsd
statesmen
of
his
time.
Doctor
of
Divinity
was
bestowed
upon
him
by
the
Aberdeen
university.
He
composed
and
published
thirty-eight
hymns.
Beside
this,
he
wrote
and
published
theological
works.
He
died
in
London
in
1795.
This
tune
is
credited
to
Miss
M.
Durham
in
the
"Sacred
Harp."
We
have
been
unable
to
find
out
anything
about
her,
and
whether
or
not
she
arranged
the
tune
for
the
"Sacred
Harp,"
and
made
changes
in
it.
The
melody
of
this
tune,
and
its
main
features,
can
be
traced
back
for
over
one
hundred
years.
See
"Southern
Harmony,"
1835,
page
51,
by
Wm.
Walker.