513c. Oh, where shall rest be found

1 Oh, where shall rest be found,
Rest for the weary soul?
'Twere vain the ocean-depths to sound,
Or pierce to either pole.

2 The world can never give
The bliss for which we sigh;
'Tis not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die.

3 Beyond this vale of tears,
There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years,
And all that life is love.

4 There is a death, whose pang
Outlasts the fleeting breath;
Oh, what eternal horrors hang
Around the second death!

5 Lord God of truth and grace,
Teach us that death to shun,
Lest we be banished from Thy face,
For evermore undone.

6 Here would we end our quest:
Alone are found in Thee,
The life of perfect love, the rest
Of immortality.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Oh, where shall rest be found
Title: Oh, where shall rest be found
Author: James Montgomery (1818)
Meter: S. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1892
Notes: Tune name in index: FRANCONIA
Tune Information
Name: [Oh, where shall rest be found]
Meter: S. M.
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Lutheran Melody



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