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Hymn: Sweet land of rest for thee I sigh (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Sweet land of rest for thee I sigh

Topic: The New Life/Aspiration

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 812

Page Number: 475, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Sweet 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?



Chorus.--

O, this is not my home,

O, this is not my home:

This world's a wilderness of wo,

This world is not my home.



No tranquil joy on earth I know,

No peaceful, sheltering dome;

This world 's a wilderness of wo,

This world is not my home.



When by affliction sharply tried,

I view the gaping 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 the unhallow'd ground,

And dwell with Christ at home.