Waiting for Christ

O when shall I see Jesus

No. 836
Metre 7s & 6s. D.
Tune SWEET REST IN HEAVEN.
Words Anon.
Music Unknown.
Key G major
Time 4/4
3 stanzas

Words

O when shall I see Jesus,And in his kingdom dwell?Partake its rest eternal,Its songs triumphant swell?When shall I be deliveredFrom this vain world of sin,And with my blessed JesusDrink endless pleasures in?

Refrain

There is sweet rest in heaven,There is sweet rest in heaven,There is sweet rest, there is sweet rest,There is sweet rest in heaven.

And when the last loud trumpetShall rend the vaulted skies,And the entombèd millionsFrom their cold beds arise,Our ransomed dust revivèd,Bright beauties shall put on,And soar to the blest mansionsWhere our Redeemer's gone.

Our eyes shall then with raptureThe Saviour's face behold;Our feet, no more diverted,Shall walk the streets of gold;Our ears shall hear with transportThe hosts celestial sing;Our tongues shall chant the gloryOf our immortal King.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «WAITING FOR CHRIST—CLOSING WORK.»; hymn number «836» (large), tune name «SWEET REST IN HEAVEN. 7s & 6s. D.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves of system 1, after «1.», as two lines in braces: «{ O when shall I see Je - sus, And in his kingdom dwell? Par - take its rest e - ter - nal, Its songs triumphant swell? / When shall I be de - liv - ered From this vain world of sin, And with my blessed Je - sus Drink endless pleasures in? }» — the first and the second time through system 1, which ends with an end-repeat sign. System 2 is headed «Refrain.» (bold) and carries one line, «There is sweet rest in heaven, There is sweet rest in heaven, There is sweet rest, there is sweet rest, There is sweet rest in heaven.»; it is printed once and is sung after every stanza. «kingdom», «triumphant», «blessed», «endless», «pleasures» and «heaven» are printed as unbroken words under the music. Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in two columns below the music, under the italic reference line «833, 357.» (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 833 and 357); «Anon.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 3. Lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print; stanza 1 is set here in the same pattern, and the Refrain as four lines, as it is sung. The grave accents of «entombèd» and «revivèd» (stanza 2) are the print's. The print sets a thin space before «?» and «;» («dwell ?», «swell ?», «in ?», «behold ;», «gold ;», «sing ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («Redeemer's», «Saviour's»). Stanza numbers printed without periods are written «2.», «3.». Spelling («Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.