Rest, Blessed Rest

O blessed, glorious hope

Author: Mary D. James
Tune: [O blessed, glorious hope]
Published in 2 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 O blessed, glorious hope!
The summons soon will come:
“My child, thy toils are o’er; come up,
And rest in thy sweet home!”

Chorus:
O rest, blessed rest, in the home of the blest;
O rest, blessed rest, in the home of the blest,
Where no sorrow can come, and the pilgrim at home
Shall rest, sweetly rest evermore.

2 This tiresome strife will cease,
Life’s conflicts soon be o’er;
The weary ones shall rest in peace
On the Elysian shore. [Chorus]

3 Look up, poor pilgrims, see
That city bright and fair,
Where many lovely mansions be—
We’ll find our rest up there! [Chorus]

4 Within those pearly gates
Our loved and lost we’ll find;
What untold bliss our souls awaits
When with our dear ones joined! [Chorus]


Source: Gospel Praise Book.: a collection of choice gems of sacred song suitable for church service, gospel praise meetings, and family devotions. (Complete ed.) #162b

Author: Mary D. James

Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O blessed, glorious hope
Title: Rest, Blessed Rest
Author: Mary D. James
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O rest, blessed rest, in the home of the blest
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gospel Praise Book, enlarged ed. #d91

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Gospel Praise Book. #162b

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