CANAAN.
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.—Exodus, vi. 4.
Behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession.—Deuteronomy, xxxii. 49.
Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance.—I. Chronicles, xvi. 18.
O! could we make our doubts remove
Those gloomy doubts that rise,
And see the Canaan that we love,
With unbeclouded eyes.
Could we but climb where Moses stood,
And view the landscape o’er;
Nor Jordan’s streams, nor death’s cold flood,
Should fright us from the shore.
Watts.
On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan’s fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.
O the transporting, rapt’rous scene,
That rises to my sight!
Sweet fields, arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.
All o’er those wide extended plains,
Shines one eternal day;
There God the Son for ever reigns,
And scatters night away.
When shall I reach that happy place,
And be for ever blest?
When shall I see my Father’s face,
And in his bosom rest?
Stennet.
Tell me, where is the promised land—
The Canaan of our earthly hopes,
Where Peace and Joy go hand in hand,
By sparkling streams, and flowery slopes?
It may be far, it may be near,
Oh, Pilgrim, faith must be thy guide
Across the desert wild and drear,
And o’er the Jordan’s swelling tide.
Egone.