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CANAAN'S
LAND.
C.
M.
D.
"
Heaven
is
my
home."-ISA.
66:
1,
E.
J.
KING
applied
words,
1859.
Key
of
A.
AMARIAH
HALL,
1810.
{
O
for
a
breeze
of
heav'nly
love
To
waft
my
soul
away
To
that
celestial
world
above,
Where
pleasures
ne'er
decay.
}
E-ter-nal
Spirit,
deign
to
be
My
pilot
here
below,
Where
stormy
winds
do
blow
To
steer
thro'
life's
tempestuous
sea,
Mr.
Hall
was
born
in
Massachusetts
in
1785.
He
was
a
farmer,
and
manufactured
straw
bonnets,
kept
a
hotel,
and
taught
singing
schools.
Music
was
only
an
avocation,
however,
and
he
was
an
artist
in
his
way.
He
composed
a
number
of
tunes.
From
the
best
information
we
learn
that
he
was
almost
self-taught
in
music.
Some
of
his
tunes
have
come
down
through
the
different
note
books,
among
them
"
Morning
Glory
"
"
Restoration,"
"
Hosanna,"
"
Harmony,"
"
Zion,"
"
Devotion,"
and
a
number
of
others.
E.
J.
King
was
an
associate
of
B.
F.
White
in
getting
out
"
Sacred
Harp."
He
has
several
songs
in
this
book.
It
is
thought
that
he
added
the
chorus,
as
well
as
applied
the
words,
of
"Canaan's
Land,"
and
changed
its
name
adding
"Land
to
Canaan,"
making
the
tune
"
Canaan's
Land."
No
information
can
be
obtained
about
the
author
of
the
words
of
the
above
tune.
They
were
first
published
in
the
early
part
of
nineteenth
century.
HOLY
CITY.
6s,
7s.
"
For
he
looked
for
a
city
which
hath
foundations,
whose
builder
and
maker
is
God."-HEB.
11:
10.
Key
of
F
Sharp
Minor.
1.
{There
is
a
ho-ly
ci-ty,
A
hap-py
world
a-bove,
Beyond
the
star-ry
regions,
Built
by
the
God
of
love.}
An
everlasting
temple,
They
serve
their
great
Redeemer,
saints
ar-ray'd
in
white;
And
dwell
with
him
in
light.
2.
{It
is
no
world
of
trouble,
The
God
of
peace
is
there,
He
wipes
a-way
their
sor-rows,
He
banishes
their
care;}
Their
joys
are
still
increasing,
They
praise
th'
eternal
Father,
Their
songs
are
ever
new.
The
Son
and
Spirit,
too.
3. {Is
this
the
Man
of
sorrows,
Who
stood
at
Pilate's
bar,
Contemn'd
by
haughty
Herod,
And
by
his
men
of
war?}
He
seems
a
mighty
conqu'ror,
And
ransomed
many
captives
Who
spoil'd
the
powers
below,
From
everlasting
woe.
The
words
of
this
hymn
are
found
in
"
Zion
Songster,
page
235,
published
by
Thomas
Mason,
1832.
We
have
been
unable
to
get
the
date
when
"
Holy
City
"
was
first
published.
It
is
an
old
hymn,
and
has
been
in
the
books
for
a
hundred
years.