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SWEET
PROSPECT.
C.
M.
"
Thine
eyes
shall
behold
the
Lamb."-ISA.
33
:
17.
SAMUEL
STENNETT,
1787.
Key
of
E
Minor.
WILLIAM
WALKER,
1833.
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.}
Oh,
the
trans
-
port
-
ing,
2. {O'er
all
those
wide
-
ex
-
tend
-
ed
plains,
Shines
one
e
-
ter
-
nal
day;
There
God
the
Son
for
-
ev
-
er
reigns,
And
scat
-
ters
night
a
-
way.}
Oh,
the
trans
-
port
-
ing,
3.
{No
chill
-
ing
winds,
or
pois
-
'nous
breath,
Can
reach
that
health
-
ful
shore;
Sick
-
ness
and
sor
-
row,
pain
and
death,
Are
felt
and
feared
no
more.
Oh,
the
trans
-
port
-
ing,
rap-t'rous
scene,
That
ris
-
es
to
my
sight,
Sweet
fields
ar
-
rayed
in
liv
-
ing
green,
And
riv
-
ers
of
de
-
light.
rap-t'rous
scene,
That
ris
-
es
to
my
sight,
Sweet
fields
ar
-
rayed
in
liv
-
ing
green,
And
riv
-
ers
of
de
-
light.
Samuel
Stennett
was
a
Doctor
of
Divinity.
The
degree
was
bestowed
upon
him
by
Aberdeen
University.
He
was
often
engaged
in
writing
theological
works.
He
composed
and
published
a
number
of
popular
hymns.
He
was
the
author
of
"
On
Jordan's
Stormy
Banks
I
Stand."
He
died
in
London
in
1795.
William
Walker,
who
composed
the
above
tune,
lived
and
died
in
Spartanburg,
S.
C.
In
1835
he
published
"
Southern
Harmony;" afterward
the
"
Christian
Harmony,"
and
revised
the
same
in
1866,
and
printed
several
editions
of
"
Southern
Harmony."
He
also
printed,
in
1857,
a
book
called
"
Southern-Western
Pocket
Harmony."
In
1842
and
1866
he
published
the
"
Christian
Harmony."
It
has
been
revised
since
his
death,
in
1901.
He
also
composed
a
song
book
called
"
Fruits
and
Flowers."