1
There is a land the Lord will bless,
Where all the Saints shall come;
There is a day for righteousness,
When Israel gathers home.
2
Before the word goes forth— Destroy!
And all the wicked burn,
With songs of everlasting joy,
The pure-in-heart return.
3
Their fields along Missouri’s flood,
Are in perspective seen,
As unto Israel “Canaan stood,
While Jordan flow’d between.”
4
Though wicked men and Satan strive,
To keep them from that land,
And from their homes the Saints they drive,
To try the Lord’s command:
5
There all the springs of God will be;
And there an end of strife;
And there the righteous rising free,
Shall have eternal life.
6
There shall the will of God be done,
And Saints and angels greet;
And there, when all in Christ is one,
The best from worlds shall meet.
7
There in the resurrection morn’,
The living live again,
And all the children will be born
Without the sting of sin.
8
How long, our Father, O how long
Shall that pure time delay?
Come on, come on, ye holy throng,
And bring the glorious day.