Scripture Verse

We walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7

Introduction

Words: Jo­na­than E. Hall, in Sup­ple­ment to the Ad­vent and Sab­bath Hymn Book, ed­it­ed by James Spring­er White (Bat­tle Creek, Mi­chi­gan: Se­venth Day Ad­vent­ist Church, 1858).

Music: George W. Lin­ton, 1865 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Hall or Lin­ton (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

A beau­ti­ful land by faith I see,
A land of rest, from sor­row free;
The home of the ran­somed, bright and fair,
And beau­ti­ful an­gels, too, are there.

Refrain

Will you go? Will you go?
Go to that beau­ti­ful land with me?
Will you go? Will you go?
Go to that beau­ti­ful land with me?

That beau­ti­ful land, Ci­ty of Light,
It ne’er has known the shades of night;
The glo­ry of God, the light of day
Hath driv­en the dark­ness far away.

Refrain

In vi­sions I see its streets of gold,
Its pear­ly gates I, too, be­hold;
The ri­ver of life, the crys­tal sea,
The am­bro­si­al fruit of life’s fair tree.

Refrain

The heav’n­ly throng ar­rayed in white,
In rap­ture range the plains of light;
And in one har­mo­ni­ous choir they praise
Their glo­ri­ous Sav­ior’s match­less grace.

Refrain