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: Heaven
Writer: Elizabeth Mills
Composer: William Miller
Meter: CM with chorus
Tune: We'll Work Till Jesus Comes
Hymn Number: 628
Page Number: 243, 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?-CHO.
CHO.-We'll work till Je-sus comes,
We'll work till Jesus comes,
We'll work till Jesus come,
And we'll be gathered home.
No tranquil joys on earth I know,
No peaceful, sheltering dome;
This world's a wilderness of woe,
This world is not my home.-CHO.
To Jesus Christ I fled for rest;
He bade me cease to roam,
And lean for succor on his breast,
Till he conduct me home.-CHO.
I sought at once my Saviour's side;
No more my steps shall roam;
With him I'll brave death's chilling side,
And reach my heavenly home.-CHO.