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Return, my soul, unto thy rest

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Return, my soul, unto thy rest, From vain pursuits and maddening cares

Author: James Montgomery
Published in 51 hymnals

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Return, my soul, unto thy rest,
From vain pursuits and madd'ning cares,
From lonely woes that wring thy breast,
The world's allurements,--Satan's snares.

Return unto thy rest, my soul,
From all the wanderings of thy thought,
From sickness unto death made whole,
Safe through a thousand perils brought.

Then to thy rest, my soul, return
From passions every hour at strife;
Sin's works, and ways, and wages spurn,
Lay hold upon eternal life.

God is thy Rest,--with heart inclined
To keep His Word, that Word believe;
Christ is thy Rest,--with lowly mind.
His light and easy yoke receive.

Sacred Poems and Hymns

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Author: James Montgomery

James Montgomery (b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1771; d. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1854), the son of Moravian parents who died on a West Indies mission field while he was in boarding school, Montgomery inherited a strong religious bent, a passion for missions, and an independent mind. He was editor of the Sheffield Iris (1796-1827), a newspaper that sometimes espoused radical causes. Montgomery was imprisoned briefly when he printed a song that celebrated the fall of the Bastille and again when he described a riot in Sheffield that reflected unfavorably on a military commander. He also protested against slavery, the lot of boy chimney sweeps, and lotteries. Associated with Christians of various persuasions, Montgomery supported missio… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Return, my soul, unto thy rest, From vain pursuits and maddening cares
Title:	Return, my soul, unto thy rest
Author:	James Montgomery
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 16:7
(hymns)

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Hymns of the Church Universal (1890), p.147

Instances

Instances (1 - 51 of 51)

A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #218

A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #218

A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #595

A Collection of Hymns, for the Christian Church and Home #230

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship #364

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (10th ed.) #364

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (6th ed.) #364

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (3rd ed.) #364

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. (45th ed.) #364

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship. 16th ed. #364

A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Sanctuary #384

Additional Hymns to the Collection of Hymns for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #595

Additional Hymns, Adopted by the General Synod of the Reformed Dutch Church in North America, at their Session June 1831. 2nd ed. #79

Church Choral-Book #105

Church Harmonies #639

Church Music, a Collection of Hymn Tunes. #d134

Church Psalmist #P116b

Church Psalmist #P116b

Church Psalmist #P116b

Devotional Melodies, Adapted to Social Worship #d78

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home and Services for Congregational Worship. Rev. ed. #d602

Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #643

Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #561

Hymn Book for Christian Worship #401

Hymn Book for Christian Worship. 8th ed. #a401

Hymns for Christian Devotion #500

Hymns for Christian Devotion #500

Hymns for Public Worship #477

Hymns for Social Worship and Private Devotion #d132

Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #24

Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #24

Hymns for the Sanctuary #152

Hymns of the Church Universal #226

Hymns of the Spirit #367

Massachusetts Sabbath School Hymn Book #d154

Melodies and Hymns for Divine Service in Appleton Chapel #a255

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d559

Sacred Poems and Hymns #23

Social Hymns and Tunes, for the Conference and Prayer Meeting, and the Home with services and prayers #255

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d657

The Church Hymn Book #d809

The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #770

The Disciples' Hymn Book #303

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d616

The Heart and Voice #178c

The Millennial Chorister #d77

The Psalms and Hymns, with the Doctrinal Standards and Liturgy of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in North America #H343

The Sabbath Hymn and Tune Book #212c

The Sabbath Hymn Book. Baptist ed. #d890

The Vestry Singing Book #235b

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d365

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