EARLY ADVENT
SDAH 449
There is a land of pure delight,
Where bliss eternal reigns,
Infinite day excludes the night
And pleasures banish pain.
Text
1
There is a land of pure delight,
Where bliss eternal reigns,
Infinite day excludes the night
And pleasures banish pain.
Refrain
We’re trav’ling to Immanuel’s land,
We soon shall hear the trumpet sound,
And soon we shall with Jesus reign,
And never, never part again.
What! Never part again? No, never part again,
What! Never part again? No, never part again,
And soon we shall with Jesus reign,
And never, never part again.
2
There everlasting spring abides,
And never with’ring flowers,
And but a little space divides
This heav’nly land from ours.
3
Could we but stand where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o’er,
Not all this world’s pretended good
Could ever charm us more.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Rev 22:5 (c) Deut 3:27 (r) Rev 20:4
Author
Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Year Published
1707
Copyright
Arrangement used by permission of Dona Haynes Schultz
Metrical Number
C.M.Ref.
Arranged
Donald F. Haynes
Tune Source
from Timbrel of Zion, 1853
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Recommended Reading
Miller gained a huge following which came to be called, the ‘Millerites.’ Great Tent meetings were set up, and the progressing movement saw the need to provide new hymns. Sure, they had songs that they were singing from the churches they belonged to, but none that supported the distinct messages that was being preached such as the judgment, second advent, reward of the saints and the midnight cry. As a result, hymns were compiled and the first Millerite hymnal was born.
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