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Text:Resting at Home
Author:Laura E. Newell
Tune:[They watch and wait beyond death’s sea]
Composer:U. S. Amstutz

159. Resting at Home

1 They watch and wait beyond death’s sea,
Beside the gate of heav’n for thee;
And when at last the day is done,
Thou’lt meet them there, the conquest won.

Refrain:
Resting at home, never to roam,
Glad in his love, resting at home,
Never to roam, never to roam,
Glad in his love, resting at home.

2 The silent stream of death they past,
Nor dream of woe of earth’s cold blast;
But when the flow’rs are even fair,
The ones we love wait over there. [Refrain]

3 The moments glide, day swiftly fly,
Time’s restless tide is sweeping by;
But soon shall dawn a golden day,
When time and toil have passed away. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: They watch and wait beyond death’s sea
Title: Resting at Home
Author: Laura E. Newell
Refrain First Line: Resting at home, never to roam
Publication Date: 1893
Scripture:
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [They watch and wait beyond death’s sea]
Composer: U. S. Amstutz
Notes: Public Domain.



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