Reward of Saints

And is there, Lord, a rest

No. 986
Metre S. M.
Words Ray Palmer.
Singing key D♭ major
3 stanzas

Sung to DAY (hymn 732)

Words

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And is there, Lord, a restFor weary souls designed,Where not a care shall stir the breast,Or sorrow entrance find?

Is there a blissful home,Where kindred minds shall meet,And live, and love, nor ever roamFrom that serene retreat?

My soul would thither tend,While toilsome years are given;Then let me, gracious God, ascendTo sweet repose in heaven!

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «986» (large) at the top of the right column of p. 333, below the music of hymn 985, with the reference line «732, 236, 762.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tunes of hymns 732 DAY, 236 BADEA or 762 KENTUCKY, all S. M.; no meter is printed — the lines 6.6.8.6 are S. M.). Stanzas numbered «1»–«3» without periods (written «1.»–«3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 indented. The first word is set «AND» — capital A followed by «ND» in small capitals; written «And». «Ray Palmer.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «?», «;» and «!» («find ?», «retreat ?», «given ;», «heaven !»); it is closed up here. The «r» of «rest» (stanza 1, line 1) is damaged but legible. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.