We seek a rest beyond the skies

We seek a rest beyond the skies

Author: John Newton
Published in 50 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

We seek a rest beyond the skies,
In everlasting day;
Through floods and flames the passage lies,
But Jesus guards the way:
The swelling flood, and raging flame,
Hear and obey His word;
Then let us triumph in His name,
Our Savior is the Lord.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #12993

Author: John Newton

John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumul­tuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: We seek a rest beyond the skies
Author: John Newton
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

MAITLAND (Allen)

PRECIOUS LORD, the tune Thomas Dorsey used for his most beloved hymn, "Precious Lord, take my hand", is an adaptation of MAITLAND. Sometimes Dorsey is shown as the composer, sometimes as the arranger or adapter the tune. MAITLAND is often attributed to Allen, but the earliest known sources (H.W. Bee…

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[On Calvary's cross the Savior bled] (Gill)


[We seek a rest beyond the skies]


Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #12993
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

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A Collection of Hymns #L490

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CCXCVII

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A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #H.CCXCVII

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #189

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Church Melodies #336

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Church Psalmist #404

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Church Psalmist #404

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Church Psalmist #404

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Hymn and Tune Book for Use in Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches #217

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Hymns for Social Worship #498

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Musica Sacra #204

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Ocean Melodies, and Seamen's Companion #112b

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Parish Hymns #390

Parish Psalmody #d888

Parish Psalmody #d905

Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune book #333

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Primitive Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #333

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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #148

Seamen's Devotional Assistant and Mariners' Hymns (American Seamen's Friend Society) #d542

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Seamen's Hymns #404

Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d656

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Social Psalmist #404

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #266

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Songs of Zion Enlarged #180

The American Seaman's Hymn Book #d231

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The Baptist Hymn Book #588

The Book of Praise #d396

The Book of Worship #d551

The Church-Book #d477

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The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems #CCCXX

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The Congregational Hymn Book #597

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #12993

The Good Old Songs #d602

The Good Old Songs #430

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The New Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, for Public, Social and Private Worship #354

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The New York Choralist #249

The Old School Hymnal No. 7. Rev. #d291

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The Primitive Baptist Hymnal #108

The Primitive Hymns #d620

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The Reformed Church Hymnal #435

The Vestry Hymn Book #d511

Union Prayer Meeting Hymns #d229

Union Prayer Meeting Hymns #d232

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