Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: And is there Lord a rest
Topic: The Present and the Future/Heaven
Writer: <no first name given> Palmer
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1133
Page Number: 673, 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 nought that blooms shall die;
Where cach 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?
For ever 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!