The Cyber Hymnal ‎#8046

8046. The Land To Which We Go

1 Life has many a pleasant hour,
Many a bright and cloudless day;
Singing bird and smiling flower,
Scatter sunbeams on our way;
But the sweetest blossoms grow
In the land to which we go.

2 Earth has many a cool retreat,
Many a spot to memory dear;
Oft we find our weary feet
Lingering by some fountain clear;
Yet the purest waters flow
In the land to which we go.

3 Like a cloud that floats away,
Like the early morning dew,
Here the fairest things decay,
There, are pleasures ever new.
Only joy the heart will know
In the land to which we go.

4 ’Tis the Christian’s promised land;
There is everlasting day;
There a Savior’s loving hand
Wipes the mourner’s tears away;
Oh! the rapture we shall know
In the land to which we go.

Text Information

• First Line: Life has many a pleasant hour
• Title: The Land To Which We Go
• Author: Fanny Crosby
• Meter: 77.77.77
• Language: English
• Source: Christian Songs (New York: Biglow & Main Company, 1872)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: BETTER LAND
• Composer: William Fiske Sherwin (1872)
• Meter: 77.77.77
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain