Text:How Sweet Is My Rest
Author:Barney E. Warren
Tune:[How sweet is the comfort and rest of my soul]
Composer:Andrew L. Byers

51. How Sweet Is My Rest

1 How sweet is the comfort and rest of my soul,
Where peace doth so tranquilly flow;
Though storm-cloud and tempest and dark billows roll,
All my heart with His sunlight doth glow.

Refrain:
How sweet is my rest! And how richly I’m blest!
Oh, how sweet is the rest of my soul!

2 No fears shall alarm me though Satan be nigh,
He’s subject to Jesus’ control;
Though tempted and tried, Christ regardeth my cry,
Truly He is the joy of my soul. [Refrain]

3 My sins all are gone, oh, what rapture to know
They’re nailed to the cross where He died;
The blood doth atone and my heart doth o’erflow,
Praise the Lord for the soul-cleansing tide! [Refrain]

4 I’m saved even now, and though death soon may come,
No harm shall it bring to my soul;
For all it can do is to carry me home,
To be safe while the ages shall roll. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: How sweet is the comfort and rest of my soul
Title: How Sweet Is My Rest
Author: Barney E. Warren (1911)
Refrain First Line: How sweet is my rest! And how richly I’m blest!
Meter: 11.8.11.9.11.9
Scripture:
Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/How_Sweet_Is_My_Rest); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (235); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (297)
Tune Information
Name: [How sweet is the comfort and rest of my soul]
Composer: Andrew L. Byers (1911)
Meter: 11.8.11.9.11.9
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/How_Sweet_Is_My_Rest); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (235); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (297)



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