’Tis Good to Live in Canaan

They came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two....
and said, We came unto the land... and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. Num. 13:23,27
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                
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     
1. I heard God’s voice com - mand - ing, “Go up, the land pos - sess,” And trust - ing in His
2. The land I’m now ex - plor - ing and get - ting far - ther in, And tent - ing toward the

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3. This land of peace and plen - ty is yours by faith to claim; There’s per - fect love and

              
    
    
       
       

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               
         
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grace I fol - lowed on; From E - gypt’s cru - el bond - age and from the wil - der - ness,
high - lands eve - ry day; Still far - ther from the low - lands of un - be - lief and sin,
rest from in - bred sin; Its moun - tain heights pos - sess - ing through faith in Je - sus’ name,
                 
                    
    

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         
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Refrain

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From Ka - desh in - to Ca - naan I have gone.
From glo - ry un - to glo - ry all the way. ’Tis good to live in Ca - naan, where

              
Cross o - ver and the vic - t’ry life be - gin.
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             
   

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              
      
        

              
grapes of Esh - col grow; ’Tis good to live in Ca - naan, where milk and hon - ey flow;

                
  

             
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                     
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            
’Tis good to live in Ca - naan and full sal - va - tion know, I find it’s good to live in Ca - naan.
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                       
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WORDS and MUSIC: Lelia N. Morris, pub.1910. Public Domain.