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RIVER
OF
JORDAN.
L.
M.
"Looked
up
steadfasly
into
heaven,
and
saw
the
glory
of
God,
and
Jesus
standing
on
the
right
hand
of
God."
Acts
7-55.
Key
A
Major.
John
G.
McCurry,
1853.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1.
Je
-
sus
my all
to
heaven
is
gone,
Happy,
O
Happy,
He
whom
I
fixed
my
hopes
upon,
Happy
in
the
Lord;
His tracks
I
see
and
I'll
pursue,
Happy,
O
Happy,
The
narrow
way
till
Him
I
view,
Happy
in
the
Lord.
2.
The
way
the
Ho
-
ly
prophets
went,
Happy,
O
Happy,
The
road
that
leads
from
banishment;
I'll
go,
for
all
his
paths
are
peace,
Happy,
O
Happy,
The
King's
highway
of
ho-li
-
ness,
3.
Then
will
I
tell
to
sinners
round,
Happy,
O
Happy,
What
a
dear
Saviour
I
have
found;
I'll
point
to
thy
re-deem
-
ing
blood,
Hap
-
py,
O
Hap
-
py,
And
say
"Be
-
hold
the
way
to
God
!
Hap
-
py
in
the
Lord.
Lord.
We'll
cross
the
riv-er
of
Jor
-
dan,
Hap-py
O
Hap-py,
We'll
cross
the
riv-er
of
Jor
-
dan
Hap-py
in
the
Lord.
Lord,
We'll
cross
the
riv-er
of
Jor
-
dan,
Hap-py
O
Hap-py,
We'll
cross
the
riv-er
of
Jor
-
dan
Hap-py
in
the
Lord.
Lord,
The
original
title
to
this
hymn
was
"Christ,
the
Sinner's
Way
to
God."
Cennick
was
born
in
England
in
1718.
He
joined
the
Methodist
societies
of
the
Wesleys
when
he
was
seventeen
years
old,
and
afterward
became
a
preacher.
A
dispute
arose
in
the
church
and
he
afterwards
founded
an
independent
church
of
his
own,
which
gathered
into
the
Whitfield
and
Huntington
connection.
Sometime
after
that
he
joined
the
Moravians,
and
spent
the
remainder
of
his
life
with
them.
He
died
in
1755.
He
was
a
man
of
sincere
piety,
was
a
polished
poet
and
hymn
writer.
His
hymns
were
publshed
in
1741.
He
was
the
author
of
two
great
and
well
known
hymns,
"Children
of
the
Heavenly
King,"
and
the
above
named
hymn.
The
stanzas
in
both
hymns
are
regarded
of
the
highest
standard
of
hymneties.
"Children
of
the
Heavenly
King"
has
found
its
way
into
the
hymn
books
of
the
American
churches.
The
original
of
the
above
tune
was
composed
by
John
McCurry,
who
was
borned
and
raised
in
Hart
county,
Georgia,
he
died
about
20
years
ago.
He
compiled
in
1855,
a
song
and
tune
book
called
Social
Harp,
written
in
4
shape
notes.
See
further
remarks
about
him
on
page
507.
River
of
Jordon
was
taken
from
Social
Harp,
page
21.
Remodeled,
rewritten
and
arranged
in
its
present
shape
by
T.
B.
Newton,
S.
M.
Denson
and
J.
S.
James.