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![]() | How sweet is the comfort and rest of my soulAuthor: Barney Elliott Warren (1911)Tune: [How sweet is the comfort and rest of my soul] Published in 3 hymnals Printable scores: Sibelius |
1 How sweet is the comfort and rest of my soul,
Where peace doth so tranquilly flow;
Though storm-cloud and tempest and dark billows roll,
All my heart with His sunlight doth glow.
Refrain:
How sweet is my rest! And how richly I’m blest!
Oh, how sweet is the rest of my soul!
2 No fears shall alarm me though Satan be nigh,
He’s subject to Jesus’ control;
Though tempted and tried, Christ regardeth my cry,
Truly He is the joy of my soul. [Refrain]
3 My sins all are gone, oh, what rapture to know
They’re nailed to the cross where He died;
The blood doth atone and my heart doth o’erflow,
Praise the Lord for the soul-cleansing tide! [Refrain]
4 I’m saved even now, and though death soon may come,
No harm shall it bring to my soul;
For all it can do is to carry me home,
To be safe while the ages shall roll. [Refrain]
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Barney Elliott Warren, 1867-1951
Born: February 20, 1867, Lewiston, New York.
Died: April 21, 1951, Springfield, Ohio.
Buried: Vale Cemetery, Springfield, Ohio.
Warren was converted in 1884 at a revival near Bangor, Michigan. Two years later he joined Daniel Sidney Warner and his evangelistic singing company as a bass singer. The group was part of the Church of God Reformation Movement in Anderson, Indiana. Warren Is credited with writing over 7000 songs. His wife was Nannie Kigar, who belonged to the singing group that traveled the countryside in the late 1800’s.
Warren was a Church of God minister as well as a song writer,… Go to person page >| First Line: | How sweet is the comfort and rest of my soul |
| Title: | How Sweet Is My Rest |
| Author: | Barney Elliott Warren (1911) |
| Meter: | 11.8.11.9.11.9 |
| Refrain First Line: | O, how sweet is my rest |
| Instances (3) | First Line | Text Title | Refrain First Line | Authors | Composers | Meter | Scripture | Tune Title | Tune Key | Incipit | Languages | Publication Date | |||||
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| Echoes from Glory #d58 | How sweet is the comfort, and rest of my soul | O, how sweet is my rest | Barney E. Warren | 1893 | |||||||||||||
| Select Hymns for Christian Worship and General Gospel Service #d154 | How sweet is the comfort, and rest of my soul | O, how sweet is my rest | Barney E. Warren | 1911 | |||||||||||||
| Timeless Truths #51 | How sweet is the comfort and rest of my soul | How Sweet Is My Rest | How sweet is my rest! And how richly I’m blest! | Barney E. Warren | Andrew L. Byers | 11.8.11.9.11.9 | Matthew 11:28 | [How sweet is the comfort and rest of my soul] | B Flat Major | 0 |
