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CLINGING AND RESTING
Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Tune Key: D Flat Major Incipit: 34565 45111 15312 Used With Text: I was clinging, now I'm resting
CLINGING AND RESTING
I was clinging, now I'm resting
Author: Rev. L. B. Carpenter Appears in 11 hymnals First Line: To the cross I long was clinging Lyrics: 1 To the cross I long was clinging
As a refuge from despair,
Found relief from guilt of sinning
While I lingered, clinging there.
Still life's waves and storms assailed me,
Doubts and fears my mind distressed,
And with all the cross availed me,
Clinging gave no perfect rest.
Chorus:
I was clinging, now I'm resting,
Sweetly resting at the cross;
I was clinging, now I'm resting,
Sweetly resting at the cross.
2 To that cross I cling no longer,
Doubts and fears no longer feel;
Faith, and hope, and love, are stronger,
Jesus' blood doth fully heal.
Now my song is not, "I'm clinging,"
That to me would now be loss,
When with heart and voice I'm singing,
"I am resting at the cross. [Chorus]
3 O what needless griefs I've carried,
And what needless burdens borne!
All because I, clinging, tarried,
While the resting was unknown.
Years of clinging were not wasted,
Tho' they seem to me but loss,
Since diviner sweets I've tasted
In the resting at the cross. [Chorus]
Topics: Special Department Bible Songs Scripture: Hebrews 10:35 Used With Tune: CLINGING AND RESTING
I was clinging, now I'm resting
I was clinging, now I'm resting
Author: Rev. L. B. Carpenter Hymnal: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #1208 (1886) First Line: To the cross I long was clinging Lyrics: 1 To the cross I long was clinging
As a refuge from despair,
Found relief from guilt of sinning
While I lingered, clinging there.
Still life's waves and storms assailed me,
Doubts and fears my mind distressed,
And with all the cross availed me,
Clinging gave no perfect rest.
Chorus:
I was clinging, now I'm resting,
Sweetly resting at the cross;
I was clinging, now I'm resting,
Sweetly resting at the cross.
2 To that cross I cling no longer,
Doubts and fears no longer feel;
Faith, and hope, and love, are stronger,
Jesus' blood doth fully heal.
Now my song is not, "I'm clinging,"
That to me would now be loss,
When with heart and voice I'm singing,
"I am resting at the cross. [Chorus]
3 O what needless griefs I've carried,
And what needless burdens borne!
All because I, clinging, tarried,
While the resting was unknown.
Years of clinging were not wasted,
Tho' they seem to me but loss,
Since diviner sweets I've tasted
In the resting at the cross. [Chorus]
Topics: Special Department Bible Songs Scripture: Hebrews 10:35 Tune Title: CLINGING AND RESTING
I was clinging, now I'm resting
Clinging and Resting
Author: Rev. L. B. Carpenter Hymnal: Better Than Pearls #18 (1881) First Line: To the cross I long was clinging Refrain First Line: I was clinging, now I'm resting Languages: English Tune Title: [To the cross I long was clinging]
Clinging and Resting
Clinging and Resting
Author: L. B. Carpenter Hymnal: Celestial Songs #75 (1921) First Line: To the cross I long was clinging Refrain First Line: I was clinging, now I'm resting Languages: English Tune Title: [To the cross I long was clinging]
Clinging and Resting
L. B. Carpenter
Person Name: Rev. L. B. Carpenter Author of "I was clinging, now I'm resting" in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book
L. B. Carpenter
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "CLINGING AND RESTING" in The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker.
Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission
John R. Sweney
