Mother's Grave

O the sweetest place in memory

Author: Robert H. Washburne
Tune: [O the sweetest place in memory]
Published in 2 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 O the sweetest place in memory
Is that lonely mound of earth,
Where my mother softly slumbers,
Mother dear, who gave me birth;
Years have passed since she departed
From our midst at set of sun
Going to her home in Heaven,
For her earthly race was run.

Refrain:
O the dearest place to memory
Is that hillside far away,
Where she, sleeping ’neath the flowers,
Waits the resurrection day.

2 Oft I wander to the hillside,
Sit beside that grave so dear,
Where I hear the songs of angels
And I feel their presence near;
Scenes of earth fade in the distance,
And a glorious host I see,
There among the white robed seraphs,
Mother dear, awaiting me. [Refrain]

3 So I journey on in sadness
O’er life’s dreary, barren waste,
Cheered by thoughts of blessèd meeting,
As my steps toward Heaven haste;
There some day I too shall enter,
See my loved ones gone before,
There shall greet again that mother,
There abide forevermore. [Refrain]

4 So I think of that old churchyard
On the hillside far away,
And the form of that dear mother
That we carried there one day;
Guarded still by God’s bright angels,
Who their solemn vigils keep,
Watching o’er her silent slumber,
Dearest mother’s gentle sleep. [Refrain]

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #8508

Author: Robert H. Washburne

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Text Information

First Line: O the sweetest place in memory
Title: Mother's Grave
Author: Robert H. Washburne
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O the dearest place to memory
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #8508
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The Cyber Hymnal #8508

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