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Cooper (Jordan) 489

Tune: William Billings, 1786
Treble: Arranged by H. McNath, 1909
Lyrics: Isaac Watts, 1707
Meter: Common Meter Double (8,6,8,6,8,6,8,6)
There is a land of pure delight,
Where saints immortal reign;
Infinite day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.
Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood,
Stand dressed in living green;
So to the Jews old Canaan stood,
Whilst Jordan roll'd between.