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NEW
JORDAN.
C.
M.
D.
Samuel
Stennett.
"Thine
eyes
shall
beold
the
King
in
his
beauty:
they
shall
behold
the
land
that
is
very
far
off."-Isa.
33:
17.
Key
of
C
Sharp
Minor.
Remodeled
by
S.
M.
Denson
and
J.
S.
James,
April
29,
1911.
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,
3.
There
gen-'
rous
fruits
that
nev
-
er
fail,
On
trees
Im
-
mor
-
tal
grow;
There
rocks,
and
hills,
and
brooks,
and
vales,
Where
my
po-
ses
-
sions
lie
Oh,
the
trans
-
port
ing
All
o'er
those
wide
ex
O
the
trans
-
port
-
ing
rap'
-
rous
scene,
That
All
o'er
those
wide
ex
-
tend
-
ed
plains
Shines
With
milk
and
hon
-
ey
flow.
O
the
trans
-
port
ing
rapt'-rous
scene
That
ri
-
ses
to
my
All
o'er
these
wide
ex
-
tend
-
ed
plains
Shines
one
e
-
ter
-
nal
With
milk
and
hon
-
ey
flow.
O
the
trans
-
port
-
ing,
rapt' -
rous
scene
That
ri
-
ses
to
my
sight!.....
All
o'er
those
wide
ex
-
tend
-
ed
plains
Shines
one
e
-
ter
-
nal
day!.....
The
title
of
the
above
Hymn
is
"Christ's
Message."
It
is
considered
Doddridge's
masterpiece.
It
is
taken
from
the
Author's
Hymn
Book
of
1755,
and
is
pub-
lished
in
all
the
leading
hymn
books
of
the
world.
The
hymn
has
five
verses,
but
only
two
of
them
are
in
this
tune.
Phillip
Doddrige,
D.D.,
was
an
English
Congre-
gationalist.
He
was
born
1702
and
died
1752
of
consumption,
He
was
a
noted
scholar
and
was
a
Non-conformist
as
a
minister.
He
was
for
a
long
time
pastor
of
the
Congregational
church
at
North
Hampton,
and
was
a
man
of
great
power
and
influence.
He
composed
some
of
the
best
standard
hymns
in
the
English
language,
See
further
about
him
under
tune
"Ninety-Third
Psalm,"
page
31.
This
tune
was
composed
by
John
G.
McCurry,
1855.
(See
Social
Harp,
by
him,
page
83.
Also
see
further
remarks
about
McCurry
under
tune,
"Goodby,
page
507).
The
above
re-arrangement
of
the
tune
"Raymond"
is
made
by
S.
M.
Denson
and
J. S.
James,
1911.
History
of
"Raymond"
on
opposite
page.