Scripture Verse

He showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life. Revelation 22:1–2

Introduction

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Elias H. Johnson (1841–1906)

Words: Di­nah M. Craik (1826–1887).

Music: Aulé, ar­ranged from an old tune by Eli­as H. John­son, The Bap­tist Hym­nal (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Am­er­ican Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­cie­ty, 1883), page 47 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

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Dinah M. Craig (1826–1887)
National Portrait Gallery
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Lyrics

Where is the un­known coun­try?
I whis­pered sad and slow,
The strange and aw­ful coun­try
To which I soon must go?

Out of the un­known coun­try
A voice sang soft and low:
“O plea­sant is that coun­try
And sweet it is to go.

Along the shin­ing coun­try
The peace­ful ri­vers flow:
And in that won­drous coun­try
The tree of life does grow.

Ah, then in­to that coun­try
Of which I no­thing know,
The ev­er­last­ing coun­try,
With will­ing heart I go.