Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Is it far to the land of rest
Topic: Heaven
Writer: Knowles Shaw
Composer: Knowles Shaw
Meter: 8s and 11s with chorus
Tune: Is It Far
Hymn Number: 690
Page Number: 288, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIs it far to the land of rest,
Where the weary feet shall never, never roam;
To the mansions of the pure and the blest,
Where we all shall meet at home?
CHO.- Is it far?
Is it far?
Will you tell me, brother, pil-grim is it far? (is it far?)
To that mansion of the blest,
Where the wea-ry are at rest.
O say, brother pil-grim, is it far?
Is it far to that peaceful shore,
Where the aching heart shall sorrow not again;
Where the friends who meet shall part nevermore,
But with Christ forever reign.-CHO.
Is it far to the plains of light,
To that city with its jasper walls aglow,
Where the glory of the Lord is the light?
To that home, say, will you go?-CHO.