The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement

There is sweet rest for feet now weary

No. 715
Metre 9s & 7s.
Tune HAKES.
Words F. E. Belden.
Music F. E. Belden.
Key G major
Time 3/4
4 stanzas

Words

There is sweet rest for feet now weary,In the rugged, upward way;There is a morn when midnight drearyShall be lost in perfect day.

For that blest morn our hearts are longing,When shall end earth's night of woe;When, thro' those pearly portals thronging,Mortal cares we'll leave below.

Soon to that city, bright, eternal,Weary pilgrims all shall go;Soon we shall rest in pastures vernal,Where life's waters ceaseless flow.

Father above, in mercy guide usTo those mansions of the blest;Safe in the Rock of Ages hide usTill we gain our final rest.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.»; hymn number «715» (large, left), tune name «HAKES. 9s & 7s.» centred over the music, «F. E. BELDEN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); printed vertically in the left margin, reading upward, «by J. E. White,» (beside system 1; the final mark read as a comma, see `uncertainties.md`) and «Copyrighted 1878» (beside system 2) = «Copyrighted 1878 by J. E. White,», as on MARIETTA (Hymn 461). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one text line pair per system, with «1.» before «There»; «wea - ry», «rug - ged», «up - ward», «mid-night», «drear - y», «per - fect» are printed in syllables and joined here. No reference line. Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in two columns below the music: stanza 2 and the first half of stanza 3 in the left column, the second half of stanza 3 at the top of the right column (no number), then stanza 4; «F. E. Belden.» in italics at the end. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 For»); they are numbered «2.» here like stanza 1. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. «thro'» is the print's. The printer's thin space before «;» (e.g. «blest ;») is closed up here.