Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: There is an hour of peaceful rest
Topic: Conflicts and Temptations
Writer: W Tappan
Composer: N Gould
Meter: CM five lines
Tune: Woodland
Hymn Number: 644
Page Number: 239, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHERE is an hour of peaceful rest,
To mourning wand'rers given;
There is a tear for souls distress'd,
A balm for every wounded breast;
'Tis found above--in heaven.
There is a home for weary souls,
By sins and sorrows driven;
When toss'd on life's tempestuous shoals,
Where storms arise and ocean rolls,
And all is drear--but heaven.
There faith lifts up the tearless eye,
The heart with anguish riven;
It views the tempest passing by,
Sees evening shadows quickly fly,
And all serene in heaven.
There fragrant flow'rs immortal bloom,
And joys supreme are given;
There rays divine disperse the gloom;
Beyond the dark and narrow tomb
Appears the dawn of heaven.