Scripture Verse

There remains a rest for the people of God. Hebrews 4:9

Introduction

portrait
John B. Vaughan (1862–1918)

Words: W. I. Var­ner, in Me­lo­di­ous Praise, ed­it­ed by Lin­ton Eu­gene Ed­monds & J. G. Hen­der­son (Spring­field, Mis­sou­ri: Oz­ark Mu­sic, 1900), num­ber 87.

Music: John B. Vaugh­an (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

There’s a land of joy, there’s a land of light,
Over Jor­dan so deep and wide;
And my soul takes wing, as I hear them sing,
Just ov­er on the glo­ry side.

Refrain

To be up yon­der on the heav’n­ly side,
To be up yon­der on the glo­ry side,
Up there, just over on the heav’n­ly side,
With the Sav­ior ev­er­more abide.

There’s a land of hope, there’s a land of love,
Over Jor­dan, that fear­ful tide;
And I list and long for the an­gel song,
Just ov­er on the glo­ry side.

Refrain

There’s a land of rest, there’s a land of peace,
Where the waters so sil­v’ry glide;
And my spir­it flies to the morn­ing skies
Just ov­er on the glo­ry side.

Refrain