Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: O land of rest for thee I sigh
Topic: Christian/Work
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: J Burrowes
Meter: CM
Tune: Burlington
Hymn Number: 296
Page Number: 098, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO LAND of rest, for thee I sigh;
When will the moment come
When I shall lay my armor by,
And dwell in peace at home?
No tranquil joy on earth I know,
No peaceful, sheltering dome;
This world's a wilderness of woe,
This world is not my home.
When, by affliction sharply tried,
I view the opening tomb,
Although I dread death's chilling tide,
Yet still I sigh for home.
Weary of wandering round and round
This vale of sin and gloom,
I long to quit th' unhallowed ground,
And dwell with Christ at home.