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The evergreen shore

This world of strife is not our home

Author: S. W. Tucker
Tune: [This world of strife is not our home]
Published in 7 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 This world of strife is not our home;
We’re bound for the evergreen shore,
That land of beauty where lov’d ones have gone,
Our lov’d ones forevermore.

Refrain:
Rest, rest! Forever at home,
Where pain and distress shall be o’er,
We yearn to be free in those realms to roam,
Our home on the evergreen shore.

2 They beckon on our way along!
We press for the evergreen shore;
We soon shall enter that heavenly throng
Where parting shall be no more. [Refrain]

3 There fadeless garlands ever bloom
In paths on the evergreen shore,
Where pain and sickness, bereavement and gloom,
Shall mar our repose no more. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Summerland #98

Author: S. W. Tucker

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Text Information

First Line: This world of strife is not our home
Title: The evergreen shore
Author: S. W. Tucker
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Rest, rest, forever at home
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
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Celestial Sonnets #86

Hymns and Songs of the First Association of Spiritualists #d24

Progressive Songster #d149

Select Progressive Spiritual Hymns and Songs #d55

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Songs of Summerland #98

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Spiritualist Hymnal #98

The Spiritual Harp #d253

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