I’ve Pitched My Tent in Beulah

Margaret Jenkins Harris, 1908

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‡1. I long a - go left E -
‡gypt ‡for the prom - ised land, I
2. I fol - lowed close be - side Him, and the land soon found, I
3. I start - ed for the high - lands where the fruits a - bound, I

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4. My heart is so en - rap - tured as I press a - long, Each

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trust - ed in my Sav - ior, and to His guid - ing hand;
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did not halt or trem - ble, for Ca - naan I was bound; My
pitched my tent near Heb - ron, there grapes of Es - chol found, With

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day I find new bless - ings which fill my heart with song; I’m

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led me out to vic - t’ry through the great Red Sea, I sang a song of tri - umph, and
Guide I ful - ly trus - ted, and He led me in, I shout-ed, Hal - le - lu - jah! my
milk and ho - ney flow- ing, and new wine so free; I have no love for E - gypt, it

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ev - er march - ing on - ward to that land on high, Some day I’ll reach my man -sion that’s

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shou - ted, I am free!
heart is free from sin! You need not look for me, down in E - gypt’s sand, For
has no charms for me.

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I have pitched my tent far up in Beu-lah land; You tent far up in Beu-lah land;

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