The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#946

946. Rest for the toiling hand

1 Rest for the toiling hand,
Rest for the anxious brow,
Rest for the weary, way-worn feet,
Rest from all labor now.

2 Rest for the fevered brain,
Rest for the throbbing eye;
Thro' these parched lips of thine no more
Shall pass the moan or sigh.

3 Soon shall the trump of God
Give out the welcome sound
That shakes thy silent chamber walls,
And breaks the turf-sealed ground.

4 Ye dwellers in the dust.
Awake! come forth and sing;
Sharp has your frost of winter been,
But bright shall be your spring.

5 'Twas sown in weakness here,
'Twill then be raised in power;
That which was sown an earthly seed,
Shall rise a heavenly flower!

Text Information

• First Line: Rest for the toiling hand
• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: Death and Resurrection
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: SHAWMUT
• Arranger: Lowell Mason
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #236 or 453.