_Ever since I bin in de worl', I am de light uv de worl', Ever since I been in de worl', I am de light uv de worl'._ When I cross Jordan I'll be free, Gwine a slip an' slide dem golden streets, _I am de light uv de worl'_. _'Way up in de kingdom, Lord, I am de light uv de worl', 'Way up in de kingdom, Lord, I am de light uv de worl'._ The negro is not troubled because he cannot see his Lord; he has heard Him speak and believes that He has gone "on to glory." His personal relation with Jesus is satisfactory and he sings His praises often as he tells of his own experiences. Says he: One day, one day, while walkin' along, _Jesus done bless my soul_; I heard a voice an' saw no one, _Jesus done bless my soul_. O go an' tell it on de mountain, _Jesus done bless my soul_; O go an' tell it in de valley, _Jesus done bless my soul_. He done bless my soul an' gone on to glory, Good Lord, _Jesus done bless my soul_; Done bin here an' bless my soul an' gone on to glory. _Jesus done bless my soul._ In one of the old plantation songs a similar idea is given of the blessing, but in a different version. One day when I wus walkin' along, Oh yes, Lord, De element opened, an' de Love came down, Oh yes, Lord, I never shall forget dat day, Oh yes, Lord, When Jesus washed my sins away, Oh yes, Lord. Another chorus inquired: "O brothers where were you? O sisters where were you? O sinners, O Christians, O mourners, etc., where were you?" for "My good Lord's bin here, bin here, bin here; My good Lord's bin here, An' he blessed my soul an' gone." So the negro exhorters often conclude their services, saying that the Lord has been to the meeting and gone. Said one deacon who was exhorting for a large collection: "De good Lord's done bin with us to-night--I knows he has, done been here an' gone, an' now we wants to git down to bizness, I wants some money." Again, the negro fresh and enthusiastic from his religious experience and having "come through" sings with some relief: I have been tryin a great long while, _Lord, I jus' got over on yo' side_. _Lord, I jus' got over-er, Lord, I jus' got over, Lord, I jus' got over-er, I jus' got over on yo' side._ I pray'd an' I pray till I come over, _Lord, I jus' got over on yo' side_. So also he "weeps" and he "mourns" and "cries" till he "gets over on the Lawd's side." Then he sings "O de sunshine," O the sunshine, O the sunshine, O sunshine in my soul this mornin', Yes the sunshine, the sunshine, Yes sun shine in my soul. Down in the valley, down on my knees, _Sunshine in my soul_, There I met that heavenly breeze, _Sunshine in my soul_. Ole devil like a snake in the grass, _Sunshine in my soul_, He's always in some sister's path, _Sunshine in my soul_.