| Instrument | |
|---|---|
| Level | 1 |
| Occasion | |
| Tune Name | |
| Theme | There Is A Happy Land |
| Hymn First Line | There is a happy land, Far, far away |
| Writer | |
| Composer | |
| Publisher | |
| Copyright | 2022 |
| Idiom | Brass quintet |
| Comments | There Is A Happy Land |
Happy Land
$29.95
Andrew Young (1807-1891) spent his life in Edinburgh, Scotland where he was a school teacher and head master. Many of Mr. Young’s hymns and poems were published in 1876 as The Scottish Highlands and Other Poems, which included “There Is a Happy Land,” which is included in many hymnals to this day. Its theme of eternal life and peace is summed up in the first verse:
There is a happy land, far, far away,
Where saints in Glory stand, bright, bright as day.
O how they sweetly sing: Worthy is our Savior King!
Loud let His praises ring, praise, praise for aye.
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