Text: | Sweet Land of Rest |
Tune: | SWEET LAND OF REST |
1 Sweet land of rest! for thee I sigh,
When will the moment come
When I shall lay my armor by,
And dwell with Christ at home.
Refrain:
Home, home, sweet, sweet home,
And dwell with Christ at home.
Home, home, sweet, sweet home,
And dwell with Christ at home.
2 No tranquil joys on earth I know,
No peaceful, sheltering dome;
This world's a wilderness of woe,
This world is not my home. [Refrain]
3 To Jesus Christ I sought for rest,
He bade me cease to roam,
But fly for succor to his breast,
And he'd conduct me home. [Refrain]
4 Weary of wand'ring round and round
This vale of sin and gloom,
I long to leave the unhallowed ground,
And dwell with Christ at home. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Sweet land of rest! for thee I sigh |
Title: | Sweet Land of Rest |
Refrain First Line: | Home, home, sweet, sweet home |
Publication Date: | 1874 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SWEET LAND OF REST |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | G Major or modal |