I am a poor, wayfaring stranger,
While journeying through this world of woe,
But there's no sickness, toil, or danger,
In that bright land to which I go.
I'm going there to see my Father,
I'm going there no more to roam,
I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over Home.
I know dark clouds will gather o'er me,
I know my way is rough and steep,
Yet beauteous fields lie just before me,
Where God's redeemed their vigils keep.
I'm going there to see my Mother,
She said she'd meet me when I come,
I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over Home.
I want to wear a crown of glory,
When I get home to that good land,
I want to shout salvation's story,
In concert with that blood-washed band.
I'm going there to see my Savior,
To sing His praise forever more,
I'm only going over Jordan,
I'm only going over Home.
The Radiant Obscurity CollectiveBoston, Massachusetts
Musicians making music about the transcendent and striving for authenticity. Living simultaneously in the darkest abyss and the brightest light of faith.
Nik's album, "To the Immaculate Virgin (On a Winter's Night)," featuring jazz art song settings of poems by Thomas Merton and Gerard Manley Hopkins. The Radiant Obscurity Collective