The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 ‎#513a

513a. Oh, where shall rest be found

1 Oh, where shall rest be found,
Rest for the weary soul?
'Twere vain the ocean-depths to sound,
Or pierce to either pole.

2 The world can never give
The bliss for which we sigh;
'Tis not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die.

3 Beyond this vale of tears,
There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years,
And all that life is love.

4 There is a death, whose pang
Outlasts the fleeting breath;
Oh, what eternal horrors hang
Around the second death!

5 Lord God of truth and grace,
Teach us that death to shun,
Lest we be banished from Thy face,
For evermore undone.

6 Here would we end our quest:
Alone are found in Thee,
The life of perfect love, the rest
Of immortality.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Oh, where shall rest be found
• Title: Oh, where shall rest be found
• Author: James Montgomery (1818)
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1892
• Topic: Parochial Missions
• Notes: Tune name in index: ETERNITY

Tune Information

• Name: [Oh, where shall rest be found]
• Composer: H. J. Gauntlett, Mus. Doc.
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: E♭ Major