Scripture Verse

Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah. And the Lord showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, and all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, and the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. Deuteronomy 34:1–3

Introduction

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Robert Lowry (1826–1899)

Words: M. Low­rie Hof­ford, in Joy­ful Lays, ed­it­ed by Ro­bert Low­ry & W. How­ard Doane (New York & Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1884), num­ber 17.

Music: Za­ra­go­za Ro­bert Low­ry, 1884 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

From the lof­ty hills of Mo­ab,
Where thy wea­ry feet shall stand,
Thou shalt look across the Jor­dan,
And be­hold the pro­mised land;
The land of milk and ho­ney,
Fertile land of corn and wine,
The land of springs and fount­ains,
’Tis the land that shall be thine.

From the lof­ty hills of Mo­ab,
Thou shalt view the pros­pect o’er,
’Tis the land the Lord shall give thee,
And ’tis thine for­ev­er­more;
And tho’ thy eyes be daz­zled
With the splen­dor of the sight,
Thy heart shall turn with rap­ture,
To the scene of pure de­light.

From the lof­ty hills of Mo­ab,
It is sweet in­deed to rise
To the high­er land of promise,
To the Ca­naan of the skies;
The land of hea­ven­ly glo­ry,
Land of beau­ty all di­vine,
The land of ma­ny man­sions,
That for­ev­er shall be thine.