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  THERE IS A LAND OF PURE DELIGHT
  by Isaac Watts
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Summary: The sermon 'There Is a Land of Pure Delight' by Isaac Watts
describes the heavenly land of pure joy and pleasure, and how we can
overcome our fear and doubts to reach it.

Topics: "Heavenly Realm", "Eternal Life"
Scripture References: Deuteronomy 31:6, Joshua 3:17, 2 Corinthians 5:7, Hebrews 11:16, Revelation 21:4

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Isaac Watts, in his sermon, paints a vivid picture of the promised land
where saints reign immortal, free from pain and surrounded by
everlasting beauty. He contrasts this heavenly realm with our earthly
existence, separated by a narrow sea of death, akin to the Israelites'
view of Canaan across the Jordan River. Watts challenges believers to
overcome their doubts and fears, urging them to have faith like Moses to
see the promised land clearly and not be deterred by death's cold
waters.

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There is a land of pure delight

Where saints immortal reign;

Infinite day excludes the night,

And pleasures banish pain.

There everlasting spring abides,

And never-withering flowers:

Death like a narrow sea divides

This heavenly land from ours.

Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood

Stand dressed in living green:

So to the Jews old Canaan stood,

While Jordan rolled between.

But timorous mortals start and shrink

To cross this narrow sea,

And linger shivering on the brink

And fear to launch away.

O could we make our doubts remove,

These 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,

Not Jordan's stream, nor Death's cold flood,

Should fright us from the shore.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/isaac-watts/there-is-a-land-of-pure-delight/
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