I thought "Canaan's Land" was a shape note song with a different tune from "Wayfarin' Stranger". I say that because I've got a collection of MP3 live recording from some church sings and one of the songs is called "Canaan's Land" and doesn't sound like "WS" to me. Haven't heard the shape note version of "WS" lyrics.

The version of "Wayfarin' Stranger" that I've learned recently is the lyric version done by Jack White on the soundtrack for "Cold Mountain". It's very similar to the Broadman Hymnal version given above but missing one verse. Instead of 'going there' it says 'going home' and has a few other word substitutions.

Based on the postings here, I think it's safe to say that this is one that's been around long enough to have had a lot of interpretations, arrangements and outright alterations made by various singers so that finding the 'original' lyrics may now be nigh to impossible.
SC