Here I would for ever stay, Weep and gaze my soul away; Thou art heaven on earth to me, Lovely, mournful _Calvary_. _J. Montgomery._ CANAAN. And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of _Canaan_, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.--Exodus, vi. 4. Behold the land of _Canaan_, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession.--Deuteronomy, xxxii. 49. Unto thee will I give the land of _Canaan_, the lot of your inheritance.--I. Chronicles, xvi. 18. O! could we make our doubts remove Those 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; Nor Jordan’s streams, nor death’s cold flood, Should fright us from the shore. _Watts._ On Jordan’s stormy banks I stand, And cast a wishful eye To _Canaan’s_ fair and happy land, Where my possessions lie. O the transporting, rapt’rous scene, That rises to my sight! Sweet fields, arrayed in living green, And rivers of delight. All o’er those wide extended plains, Shines one eternal day; There God the Son for ever reigns, And scatters night away. When shall I reach that happy place, And be for ever blest? When shall I see my Father’s face, And in his bosom rest? _Stennet._ Tell me, where is the promised land-- The _Canaan_ of our earthly hopes, Where Peace and Joy go hand in hand, By sparkling streams, and flowery slopes? It may be far, it may be near, Oh, Pilgrim, faith must be thy guide Across the desert wild and drear, And o’er the Jordan’s swelling tide. _Egone._ CAPTIVITY. By the rivers of Babylon there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away _captive_ required of us a song, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?--Psalm cxxxvii. 1, 2, 3, 4. The Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their _captivity_.--Zephaniah, ii. 7. That they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil who are taken _captive_ by him at his will.--II. Timothy, ii. 26. He that leadeth into _captivity_ shall go into _captivity_.--Revelations, xiii. 10. We sat by Babel’s waters; and our tears Mingled in silence with the silent stream; For, oh! our hearts went back to happier years, And brighter scenes, that faded like a dream.