Laudes Domini ‎#569

569. Not our Rest

1 This is not my place of resting,
Mine's a city yet to come;
Onward to it I am hasting
On to my eternal home.

2 In it all is light and glory;
O'er it shines a nightless day:
Every trace of sin's sad story,
All the curse, hath passed away.

3 There the Lamb, our Shepherd, leads us
By the streams of life along,
On the freshest pastures feeds us,
Turns our sighing into song.

4 Soon we pass this desert dreary,
Soon we bid farewell to pain;
Never more are sad or weary,
Never, never sin again!

Text Information

• First Line: This is not my place of resting
• Title: Not our Rest
• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Rest of Heaven; Heaven
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: VESPER
• Arranger: fr. Flotow
• Meter: 8s, 7s
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.