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My days are gliding swiftly by,
And I, a pilgrim stranger,
Would not detain them as they fly,
These hours of toil and danger.
For oh! we stand on Jordan’s strand,
Our friends are passing over,
And just before, the shining shore
We may almost discover.
Our absent king the watchword gave—
“Let every lamp be burning;”
We look afar, across the wave,
Our distant home discerning:
For oh! we stand on Jordan’s strand,
Our friends are passing over,
And just before, the shining shore
We may almost discover.
We’ll gird our loins, my brethren dear,
Our distant home discerning;
Our absent Lord has left us word,
let every lamp be burning.
For oh! we stand on Jordan’s strand,
Our friends are passing over,
And just before, the shining shore
We may almost discover.
Should coming days be cold and dark,
We need not cease our singing;
That perfect rest nought can molest,
Where golden harps are ringing.
For oh! we stand on Jordan’s strand,
Our friends are passing over,
And just before, the shining shore
We may almost discover.
Let sorrow’s rudest tempest blow,
Each cord on earth to sever;
Our Lord says, “Come,”
and there’s our home
For ever and for ever!
For oh! we stand on Jordan’s strand,
Our friends are passing over,
And just before, the shining shore
We may almost discover.
---Alternative verses---
Should coming days be cold and dark,
We will not yield to sorrow,
For hope will sing, with courage bold,
“There's glory on the morrow.”
For oh! we stand on Jordan’s strand,
Our friends are passing over,
And just before, the shining shore
We may almost discover.
Let storms of woe in whirlwinds rise,
Each cord on earth to sever—
There—bright and joyous in the skies—
There is our home for ever;
For oh! we stand on Jordan’s strand,
Our friends are passing over,
And just before, the shining shore
We may almost discover.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 7 8 7 and refrain
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Dates:
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1835
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Bible Refs:
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Ps 102:11;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1981 | # 151 | | 1899 | # 880 | | 1866 | # 1228 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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THE SHINING SHORE (SHINING CITY)
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Meter:
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8 7 8 7 and refrain
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1855
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 880 | G | | # 262.1 | G |
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Hymn Writer
