Canaan Melodies

My heart is filled with sing­ing

I’m hap­py all the time;

Within the bells are ring­ing

Their me­lo­dy sub­lime.

The mu­sic of re­demp­tion

Is waft­ed on the breeze

My soul is filled with glo­ry

And Ca­naan me­lo­dies.

O glo­ry hal­le­lu­jah!

My soul is sanc­ti­fied;

He fills me with His glo­ry

As in Him I con­fide.

I have the se­cond bless­ing

I’m free from sin’s dis­ease;

And now I’m al­ways sing­ing

Sweet Ca­naan me­lo­dies.

My life was full of pin­ing

And grum­bling ev­ery day;

But now ’tis spent in shin­ing

And sing­ing on the way.

My soul is filled with laugh­ter

And with me it agrees

So now I’m al­ways sing­ing

Sweet Ca­naan me­lo­dies.

You ask me

What’s the sec­ret

Of such a hap­py frame?

I an­swer

’Tis the Spir­it

That keeps my heart aflame.

He sanc­ti­fies me whol­ly

From sin my soul He frees

And fills me with His glo­ry

And Ca­naan me­lo­dies.

O Christ­ian

cease your strug­gling

With car­nal na­ture’s pow­er

And seek the se­cond bless­ing

For pur­ity this hour.

Your serv­ice for the Mas­ter

Will then be done with ease

And you’ll be al­ways sing­ing

Sweet Ca­naan me­lo­dies.