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MY
HOME.
C.
M.
"
Thine
eyes
shall
behold
the
land."-ISA.
33:
17.
SAMUEL,
STENNETT.
Key
of
E
Minor.
C.F.
LETSON.
1.
On
Jor-dan's
storm-y
banks
I
stand,
And
cast
a
wish-ful
eye
To
Ca-naan's
fair
and
hap-py
land,
Where
my
pos
-
ses-sions
lie.
2.
O
the
trans-port
-
ing,
rap-t'rous
scene,
That
rises
to
my
sight!
Sweet
fields
ar-rayed
in
liv
-
ing
green,
And
riv
-
ers
of
de-light.
CHORUS.
Don't
you
feel
like
go-ing
home,
Don't
you
feel
like
go-ing
home;.
My
home
it
is
in
the
prom-ised
land,
And
I
feel
like
go
-
ing
home.
Yes,
I
feel
like
go-ing
home,
Yes,
I
feel
like
go-ing
home;
My
home
it
is
in
the
prom-ised
land,
And
I
feel
like
go
-
ing
home.
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
distinguished
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.
Nothing
is
known
of
C.
F.
Letson,
the
person
to
whom
credit
is
given
as
being
the
author
of
this
tune.
No
trace
can
be
obtained
when
he
composed
it.