Scripture Verse

…a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. Revelation 22:1

Introduction

Words: Au­gus­tus D. Fill­more, The Vi­olet (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: R. W. Car­roll, 1867), num­ber 72, alt.

Music: John F. Kin­sey, in New Pearls of Song, ed­it­ed by Frank M. Da­vis (Ro­ches­ter, New York: Jo­seph P. Shaw, 1877), page 72 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Kin­sey (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Augustus D. Fillmore (1823–1870)

Lyrics

The Bi­ble re­veals a glo­ri­ous land,
Where an­gels and glo­ri­fied sp­irits dwell;
Where plea­sures ne’er end at God’s right hand,
And an­thems of praise for­ev­er swell.

Refrain

We shall meet in that glo­ri­ous land,
We shall meet in that glo­ri­ous land,
We shall meet in that glo­ri­ous land,
And sing ev­er­more with the an­gel band.

Outgushing be­neath the throne of God,
The bless­èd Lamb at His right hand,
There run­neth the crys­tal stream of life,
A foun­tain of joy in that glo­ri­ous land.

Refrain

Then come, my dear child­ren, let us haste
To fin­ish our work with un­fal­ter­ing hand,
And soon the sweet joys of Heav’n we’ll taste,
With all the re­deemed in that glo­ri­ous land.

Refrain