Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
378t Heavenly Port
Words: Samuel Stennett, 1787
Music: Arr. Edmund Dumas, 1859. Alto W. M. Cooper, 1902
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan’s fair and happy land
Where my possessions lie.
[chorus]
We’ll stem the storm, it won’t be long,
The heav’nly port is nigh;
We’ll stem the storm, it won’t be long,
We’ll anchor by and by.
When shall I reach that happy place
And be forever blest?
When shall I see my Father’s face,
And in His bosom rest?
And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan’s fair and happy land
Where my possessions lie.
[chorus]
We’ll stem the storm, it won’t be long,
The heav’nly port is nigh;
We’ll stem the storm, it won’t be long,
We’ll anchor by and by.
When shall I reach that happy place
And be forever blest?
When shall I see my Father’s face,
And in His bosom rest?