Hymn
The Way to Canaan
Jesus my all to heav'n is gone,
Where there'll no more stormy clouds rise,
He whom I fixed my hope upon,
Where there'll no more stormy clouds rise.
To that land, to that land to that land I am bound,
Where there'll no more stormy clouds rise.
His track I see and I pursue,
Where there'll no more stormy clouds rise,
The narrow way till Him I view,
Where there'll no more stormy clouds rise.
The way the holy prophets went,
Where there'll no more stormy clouds rise,
The road that leads from banishment,
Where there'll no more stormy clouds rise.
The King's highway of holiness,
Where there'll no more stormy clouds rise,
I'll go for all His paths are peace,
Where there'll no more stormy clouds rise.
This is the way I long have sought,
Where there'll no more stormy clouds rise,
And mourned because I found it not,
Where there'll no more stormy clouds rise.
The Way to Canaan — Text from National Jubilee Melodies, 1916. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-way-to-canaan
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Way to Canaan?
The words of The Way to Canaan were written by John Cennick; the version here was published in 1916. The library holds 3 more hymns by John Cennick, including The Pilgrim's Song and Christ the Burden of the Song.
Is The Way to Canaan public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from National Jubilee Melodies, published in 1916. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of The Way to Canaan?
The Way to Canaan is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Christ's Invitation to Sinners, or Humility and Pride, My God, And Is Thy Table Spread and The Lord is King!