Scripture Verse

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 33:27

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: John W. Den­nis, in The Best Gos­pel Songs and Their Com­pos­ers, by An­tho­ny J. Sho­wal­ter (Dal­ton, Geor­gia: A. J. Sho­wal­ter, 1904), num­ber 62 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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John W. Dennis
1866–1947

Lyrics

How oft when I’m weary and sorrow oppressed,
I long for the home where no harm can molest;
O may we all meet in the land of the blest,
And rest in the arms of the Sav­ior.

Refrain

Rest in the arms of my Sav­ior,
Rest in the arms of my Sav­ior;
I want to go there to those mansions so fair,
To rest in the arms of my Sav­ior.

How sweet it will be when we meet on that strand,
And hear the glad songs of the heavenly land;
O may we be found of the purified band,
And rest in the arms of the Sav­ior.

Refrain

The way may be rough and the journey be long,
The battle be hard with temptation and wrong;
But when we have reached Hea­ven’s glorified throng,
We’ll rest in the arms of the Sav­ior.

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When Je­sus doth call us, the conflict will cease.
From every bur­den we’ll find sweet release;
Our souls shall rejoice in eternity’s peace,
And rest in the arms of the Sav­ior.

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