Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

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

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised

Date: 1882

Compiler: A I Hobbs et al

Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co

First Line: Sweet land of rest for thee I sigh

Topic: Afflictions

Writer: Unknown Unknown

Composer: Anonymous

Meter: CM

Tune: Longing for Rest

Hymn Number: 637

Page Number: 235, 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?--CHO.



Chorus.--O this is not my home,

	O this is not my home;

	This world's a wilderness of woe,

	This world is not my home.



No tranquil joy on earth I know,

No peaceful, shelt'ring dome;

This world's a wilderness of woe.

This world is not my home.--CHO.



When by affliction sharply tried,

I view the gaping tomb,

Although I dread death's chilling tide,

Yet still I sigh for home.--CHO.



Weary of wand'ring round and round

This vale of sin and gloom,

I long to quit th' unhallow'd ground,

And dwell with Christ at home.--CHO.