Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: And is there Lord a rest
Topic: Present and Future/Life and Death
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune: Bankoke
Hymn Number: 711
Page Number: 258, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsAnd is there, Lord, a rest
For weary souls designed,
Where not a care shall stir the breast,
Or sorrow entrance find?
Is there a blissful home,
Where kindred minds shall meet,
And live, and love, nor ever roam
From that serene retreat?
Are there bright, happy fields,
Where naught that blooms shall die;
Where each new scene fresh pleasure yields,
And healthful breezes sigh?
Are there celestial streams,
Where living waters glide,
With murmurs sweet as angel dreams,
And flowery banks beside?
Forever blessed they
Whose joyful feet shall stand,
While endless ages waste away,
Amid that glorious land!
My soul would thither tend
While toilsome years are given;
Then let me, gracious Lord, ascend
To sweet repose in heaven.