“On Jordan’s Stormy Banks I Stand”

Qasr al-Yahud. On the Israeli side. — At Qasr al-Yahud, the traditional site of John’s baptism of Jesus. In the foreground is Israel. The bushes on the other side of the river are in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. (Wikimedia Commons)

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On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand
And cast a wishful eye

To Canaan’s fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.

There generous fruits that never fail
On trees immortal grow;
There rocks and hills and brooks and vales
With milk and honey flow.

Chorus
I am bound for the promised land,
I am bound for the promised land
O who will come and go with me
I am bound for the promised land.

O the transporting rapt’rous scene
That rises to my sight;
Sweet fields arrayed in living green
And rivers of Delight.

Where shall I reach that happy place
And be forever blessed.
Where shall I see my Father’s face
And in His presence rest

Chorus
I am bound for the promised land,
I am bound for the promised land
O who will come and go with me
I am bound for the promised land.

Posted from Jericho, Palestine

“On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand”