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IN FANCY WE PICTURE THAT LAND

Scripture Verse

Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him. 1 Corinthians 2:9

Introduction

Words: Flor­ence El­rod-Nor­ris, in New Songs of Praise, by Al­fred E. Hel­ton et al. (Le­noir, North Ca­ro­li­na: Teach­ers’ Mu­sic Pub­lish­ing, 1913), num­ber 49.

Music: La Sa­lette George W. Ba­con, 1872 (🔊 ).

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portrait
George W. Bacon
(1868–1940)

Lyrics

In fan­cy we pic­ture that beau­ti­ful land,
With its wa­ters of crys­tal so clear;
With long­ing we think of the bright an­gel band,
And the time its sweet mu­sic we’ll hear.

Refrain

In fancy we pic­ture that beau­ti­ful land
Where the glo­ri­ous Lamb is the light;
How hap­py we’ll be when up there we shall stand,
And for aye in His prais­es unite!

In fan­cy we pic­ture the throne of our God,
And the splen­dor sur­round­ing it there;
For Heav­en’s fair courts has no earth­ly one trod,
Or be­held all their beau­ties so rare.

Refrain

We can­not tell tru­ly of Heav­en, our home,
Tho’ we strive while we live thro’ the years;
We can­not know tru­ly till God calls us Come
To that land where there’ll be no more tears.

Refrain