The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9383

9383. Rest By And By

1 I’ve been to the field with the reapers,
And there I have gleaned all day;
But my task was light, and my heart was glad,
For I heard the Master say:

Refrain:
Rest by and by, rest by and by,
Rest in the field above;
There is rest by and by,
Happy rest by and by,
And a crown of eternal love.

2 O sweet was the song of the reapers,
And bright was their golden grain.
As it waved in the light of the midday sun,
And it smiled o’er the harvest plain. [Refrain]

3 And still by the side of the reapers
I ask that my place may be,
Till the sun shall be set, and my work is done,
And the Master calls me home. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: I’ve been to the field with the reapers
• Title: Rest By And By
• Author: May L. Clayton (1886)
• Language: English
• Source: On Joyful Wing, by John R. Sweney and William J. Kirkpatrick (Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1886)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [I've been to the field with the reapers]
• Composer: John Robson Sweney
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain