The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#989

989. There is a land of pure delight

1 There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign,
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
There everlasting spring abides
And never-withering flowers,
And but a little space divides
This heavenly land from ours.

2 O could we make our doubts remove,
Those gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love,
With unbeclouded eyes;
Could we but climb where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o'er,
Not all this world's pretended good
Could ever charm us more.

Text Information

• First Line: There is a land of pure delight
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Reward of Saints
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: VARINA
• Composer: George F. Root
• Meter: C. M. D
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #486 or 686.