Crossing Jordan was a very popular image in 18th & 19th century hymns as an image of going to heaven when we die. The chorus to Wayfaring Stranger is "I'm only going over Jordan, I'm only going over home."

I think the chorusless "On Jordan's stormy banks I stand," written by the English Baptist minister Samuel Stennett in 1787 also makes this clear. This was very popular as a shape note text, it's used twice in Southern Harmony & at least 6 times in the Sacred Harp.

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand,
And cast a wishful eye,
To Canaan's fair and happy land,
Where my possessions lie.

Oh, the transporting, rapt'rous scene,
That rises to my sight,
Sweet fields arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.

There gen'rous fruits that never fail,
On trees immortal grow;
There rocks and hills and brooks, and vales,
With milk and honey flow.

O'er all those wide, extended plains
Shines one eternal day!
There God the Son forever reigns,
And scatters night away.

No chilling winds, no pois'nous breath,
Can reach that healthful shore;
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death,
Are felt and feared no more.

When shall I reach that happy place
And be forever blest?
When shall I see my Father's face,
And in His bosom rest?

Filled with delight, my raptured soul
Would here no longer stay!
Though Jordan's waves around me roll,
Fearless I'd launch away.

There on those high and flowery plains,
Our spirits ne'er shall tire;
But in perpetual joyful strains,
Redeeming; love admire.