Sing On, Ye Joyful Pilgrims

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Sing on, ye joyful pilgrims

Nor think the moments long;

My faith is heav'nward rising

With ev'ry tuneful song;

Lo! on the mount of blessing

The glorious mount! I stand,

And, looking over Jordan,

I see the promised land.

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Sing on, ye joyful pilgrims,

While here on earth we stay;

Let songs of home and Jesus

Beguile each fleeting day;

Sing on the grand old story

Of His redeeming love,

The everlasting chorus

That fills the realms above.

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Sing on, ye joyful pilgrims,

The time will not be long;

Till in our Father's kingdom

We swell a nobler song,

Where those we love are waiting

To greet us on the shore,

We'll meet beyond the river,

Where surges roll no more.

REFRAIN:

Sing on; oh, blissful music!

With ev'ry note you raise

My heart is filled with rapture

My soul is lost in praise:

Sing on; oh, blissful music!

With ev'ry note you raise

My heart is filled with rapture,

My soul is lost in praise.

Author: Fanny Crosby (under the pseudonym Carrie M. Wilson)

There are 169 references to the word "sing" in the Bible, 60 from the book of Psalms alone. It is one of the most often repeated injunctions for the children of God throughout the scriptures. 

Psalm 9:2

I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High.

"and looking over Jordan I see the Promised Land"

Joshua 3

14 And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; 15 And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) 16 That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. 17 And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan. 

"The everlasting chorus that fills the realms above."

Revelation 15

2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.