There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Job 3:17
Words: R. P. Clark, in The Sabbath School Pearl (New York: G. S. Schofield, 1861), number 8, alt.
Music: Robert Lowry, in the Royal Diadem (New York: Biglow & Main, 1873), number 20 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Clark’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Giffe,
There is rest for the weary;
How cheering the thought
To those who thro’ seedtime
And harvest have wrought!
When our work is all done,
And our struggle is o’er,
There’s a home in the skies,
Where we’ll weary no more.
Weary no more, weary no more;
In that home in the skies,
We shall weary no more.
There is rest from temptation;
How blessèd to know
That tho’, while we travel
This desert below,
Sore harassed and pursued,
All around and before,
In that home in the skies,
We’ll be tempted no more.
Tempted no more, tempted no more,
In that home in the skies
We’ll be tempted no more.
There is rest from our sorrows,
Our trials all past;
Our crowns at the feet of
The Savior we’ll cast;
Of the sheepfold He says
That He is the Door
;
If we enter by Him
We shall sorrow no more.
Sorrow no more, sorrow no more,
If we enter by Him
We shall sorrow no more.
What tho’ dangers affright us,
And troubles assail?
The Lord is our refuge,
And He will not fail;
If His grace now we seek,
And His favor implore,
In that home in the skies
We shall weary no more.
Weary no more, weary no more,
In that home in the skies
We shall weary no more.