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BOUND
FOR
CANAAN.
"
Ye
see
him
not,
yet
believing
ye
rejoice
with
joy
unspeakable
and
full
of
glory."-1
PET.
1:
8.
REV.
JOHN
LELAND,
1833.
Key
of
B
Flat
Major.
E.
J.
KING,
1844.
CHORUS.
1.
O
when
shall
I
see
Jesus,
And
reign
with
Him
above,
And
from
the
flowing
fountian
Drink
everlasting
love.
I'm
on
my
way
to
Canaan,
I'm
on
my
way
to
Canaan,
I'm
on
my
way
to
Canaan,
To
the
new
Jerusalem.
2.
When
shall
I
be
delivered
from
this
vain
world
of
sin,
And
with
my
blessed
Jesus,
Drink
endless
pleasures
in?
I'm
on
my
way
to
Canaan,
I'm
on
my
way
to
Canaan,
I'm
on
my
way
to
Canaan,
To
the
new
Jerusalem.
3.
{
But
now
I
am
a
soldier,
My
Cap-tain'
gone
beforem
He'
s
given
me
my
or-ders,
And
bids
me
not
give
o'er.
I'm
on
my
way
to
Canaan,
I'm
on
my
way
Canaan,
I'm
on
my
way
to
Canaan,
To
the
new
Jerusalem.
1
The
original
name
of
this
song
was
"
Evening
Song."
Rev.
John
Leland
was
born
in
1754
and
died
in
1844.
He
was
a
Baptist
preacher.
In
1801
he
took
a
preaching
tour
from
his
home
in
Massachusetts
to
Washington
with
his
Cheshire
cheese,
which
made
his
name
national
on
account
of
that
trip.
He
wrote
his
own
hymns.
He
composed
the
hymn,
"The
Day
is
Passed
and
Gone,
the
Evening
Shades
Appear."
The
farmers
of
Cheshire,
for
whom
he
was
pastor,
conceived
the
idea
of
sending
the
biggest
cheese
in
America
to
President
Jefferson.
Mr.
Leland
offered
to
go
to
Washington
with
an
ox
team
with
it
and
preach
along
the
way,
which
he
did.
The
cheese
weighed
1,450
pounds.
He
died
with
great
hope
of
rest
in
the
glory
world.
E.
J.
King
made
material
changes
in
the
tune,
and
re-arranged
it
about
the
year
1844.
He
prepared
it
for
"Sacred
Harp."
EDGEFIELD.
8s.
JOHN
NEWTON,
1779.
Key
of
F
Sharp
Minor.
"
None
upon
earth
that
I
desire
besides
thee.-Ps.
73:
25.
J.
T.
WHITE,
1844.
How
tedious
and
tasteless
the
hours
When
Jesus
no
longer
I
see!
Have
lost
all
their
sweetness
to
me,
Sweet
prospects,
sweet
birds,
and
sweet
flowers,
Have
lost
all
their
sweetness
to
me.
I
See
sketch
of
John
Newton,
author
of
the
words,
under
tune
"
New
Britain,"
page
45.
J.
T.
White
prepared
this
tune
for
"
Sacred
Harp,"
in
1844.