Rest, Sweet Rest

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Hark! from the joyland hear the song

Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Tune: [Hark! from the joy-land hear the song]
Published in 8 hymnals

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1 Hark! from the joy-land hear the song,
Rest, sweet rest;
Breath’d by a soft harp all day long,
Rest, sweet rest.
Out of the pearl-gates bright and fair,
Borne on a sunbeam thro’ the air,
Song for the toil-worn ev’rywhere,
Rest, sweet rest.

Refrain:
Rest, sweet rest, hallowed rest,
Song for the toil-worn ev’rywhere,
Rest, sweet rest.

2 Still from the joy-land breaks the sound,
Rest, sweet rest;
There where the life-tree fruits abound,
Rest, sweet rest.
Haste to the love-lit skies away,
Haste where the vine leaves ne’er decay,
Faith on her light wings joins the lay,
Rest, sweet rest. [Refrain]

3 Soon in the joy-land we shall know
Rest, sweet rest;
Home where the blue waves murmur low,
Rest, sweet rest.
Rest where the springtime buds are strewn,
Rest where the dear ones all have flown,
Rest where the lone heart finds its own,
Rest, sweet rest. [Refrain]

Source: The Finest of the Wheat No. 2 #172

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Author: Fanny J. Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Hark! from the joyland hear the song
Title:	Rest, Sweet Rest
Author:	Fanny J. Crosby
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Rest, sweet rest, hallowed rest
Copyright:	Public Domain