Scripture Verse

Before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal. Revelation 4:6

Introduction

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John H. Tenney (1840–1918)

Words: W. G. Burn­ham, in Songs of the Gold­en Shore, by Da­ni­el F. Hodg­es (New York and Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Charles T. Dill­ing­ham and Lee & Shep­ard, 1879), num­ber 112. Ar­ranged by Al­dine S. Kieff­er, The Shin­ing Light (Day­ton, Vir­gin­ia: Rue­bush Kieff­er, 1879), num­ber 49.

Music: John H. Ten­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Burn­ham’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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Aldine Kieffer (1840–1904)

Lyrics

I love to think of that hap­py land,
By the jas­per sea;
Where the eye shall ne­ver be dimmed by tears,
And the smil­ing face of Je­sus ap­pears;
For death may not se­ver the house­hold band,
When they all ga­ther there on the gold­en strand,
By the jas­per sea, by the jas­per sea.

I love to talk of that hap­py land,
By the jas­per sea;
For there is no trou­ble, or pain or sin,
Where the white robed an­gels wel­come us in;
To all that is beau­ti­ful, calm and bright,
O’er the ri­ver of death, thro’ the gates of light,
By the jas­per sea, by the jas­per sea.

I love to think of that hap­py land,
By the jas­per sea;
For the Sav­ior dwells on its bliss­ful shore;
And His blood-bought ones shall sor­row no more,
For end­less and sure shall His bright reign be
On the throne of His love by the jas­per sea,
By the jas­per sea, by the jas­per sea.