O Rest, Sweet Rest

Thank God for a perfect salvation

Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Tune: [Thank God for a perfect salvation]
Published in 8 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Thank God for a perfect salvation,
That makes me today what I am,—
A sanctified child of his mercy,
Redeemed by the blood of the Lamb.

Refrain:
O rest, sweet rest,
I rest in the arms of his love.
O rest, sweet rest,
I rest in the arms of his love.

2 He lifts me above the temptations
That once could allure me to sin,
He saves me from all my transgressions,
And cleanseth my spirit within. [Refrain]

3 I live in the constant enjoyment
Of peace that no language can tell,
Should trials in future await me,
I know with my soul ‘twill be well. [Refrain]

4 Praise God for a perfect salvation,
My faith is unclouded and bright,
My hope like an anchor is steadfast,
My mansion of glory in sight. [Refrain]

Source: Showers of Blessing #19

Author: Fanny J. Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Thank God for a perfect salvation
Title: O Rest, Sweet Rest
Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O rest, sweet rest
Copyright: Public Domain

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