Laudes Domini ‎#224

224. Deut. 30:19

1 Oh, where shall rest be found
Rest for the weary soul?
'Twere vain the ocean's depths to sound,
Or pierce to either pole.

2 The world can never give
The bliss for which we sigh:
'Tis not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die.

3 Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years;
And all that life is love.

4 There is a death whose pang
Outlasts the fleeting breath:
Oh, what eternal horrors hang
Around the second death!

5 Lord God of truth and grace!
Teach us that death to shun;
Lest we be banished from thy face,
And evermore undone.

Text Information

• First Line: Oh, where shall rest be found
• Title: Deut. 30:19
• Author: James Montgomery
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Gospel: Atonement Needed; Atonement: Necessary; Lost State of Man; Pleasures

Tune Information

• Name: SHAWMUT
• Composer: Lowell Mason
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: D Major