Page 525
McKAY.
C.
M.
D.
"And
he
showed
me
a
pure
river
of
water
of
life,
clear
as
crystal,
proceeding
out
of
the
throne
of
God
and
the
Lamb."
-Rev.
22:
1.
Samuel
Stennett,
1787.
Key
of
A.
Minor.
S.
M.
Denson,
1908.
O
the
transporting,
rapturous
scene,
That
ris-es
to
my
sight!
Sweet
fields
arrayed
in
liv
-
ing
green,
And
rivers
of
de
-
light.
There
There
gen'rous
fruits
that
O
the
transporting,
rapturous
scene,
That
ris-es
to
my
sight!
Sweet
fields
arrayed
in
liv
-
ing
green,
And
rivers
of
de
-
light.
There
gen-'rous
fruits
that
nev
-
er
fail
On
trees
im
-
mor
-
tal
grow,
There
rocks
and
hills
and
brooks
and
vales
With
milk
and
hon
-
ey
flow
flow.
nev
-
er
fail
On
trees
im
-
mor
-
tal
grow,...
There
rocks
and
hills
and
brooks
and
vales
With
milk
and
hon
-
ey
flow.
flow.
gen-'rous
fruits
that
nev
-
er
fail
On
trees
im
-
mor
-
tal
grow,
There
rocks
and
hills
and
brooks
and
vales
With
milk
and
hon
-
ey
flow
flow.
This
is
the
second
and
third
verses
of
the
hymn,
"On
Jordan's
Stormy
Banks
I
Stand."
The
hymn
was
written
by
Samuel
Stennett,
and
was
named
the
"Prom-
ised
Land"
in
"Rippan's
Selection."
Some
claim
it
is
an
imitation
of
Dr.
Watts'
"There
is
a
Land
of
Pure
Delight."
The
author
was
an
English
minister,
born
in
1727
and
died
in
1797.
He
composed
a
great
many
hymns.
See
sketch
of
Professor
Denson
on
page
529.
This
Tune
was
first
published
in
Union
Harp
and
History
of
Songs
by
J.
S.
James,
1909,
page
113.
In
honor
of
Rev.
S.
M.
McKay,
of
Clay
County,
Alabama.
Copyright,
1909,
by
J.
S.
James.