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We'll Work Till Jesus Comes
Author: Elizabeth Mills Appears in 594 hymnals First Line: O land of rest, for thee I sigh Refrain First Line: O that home so bright and fair
We'll Work Till Jesus Comes
[O land of rest for thee I sigh]
Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 157 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. Miller Incipit: 12333 35332 12122 Used With Text: We'll work till Jesus comes
[O land of rest for thee I sigh]
O Land of Rest, For Thee I Sigh
Author: Elizabeth Mills Hymnal: Great Songs of the Church #222 (1921) Refrain First Line: We'll work till Jesus comes Languages: English Tune Title: [O land of rest, for thee I sigh]
O Land of Rest, For Thee I Sigh
We'll Wait Till Jesus Comes
Author: Mrs. Elizabeth Mills Hymnal: His Fullness Songs #185 (1977) First Line: O land of rest, for thee I sigh Lyrics: 1 O land of rest, for thee I sigh,
When will the moment come,
When I shall lay my armor by,
And dwell in peace at home?
Refrain:
We'll wait till Jesus comes,
We'll wait till Jesus comes,
We'll wait till Jesus comes,
And we'll be gathered home.
2 No tranquil joys on earth I know,
No peaceful sheltering dome;
This world's a wilderness of woe,
This world is not my home. [Refrain]
3 To Jesus Christ I fled for rest,
He bade me cease to roam;
And lean for succor on His breast,
And He'd conduct me home. [Refrain]
4 I should at once have quit the field,
Where foes in fury foam;
But, ah! my passport was not sealed,
I could not yet go home. [Refrain]
5 When by affliction sharply tried,
I view the gaping tomb;
Although I dread death's chilling tide,
Yet still I sigh for home. [Refrain]
6 Weary of wandering round and round,
This vale of sin and gloom,
I long to quit this unhallowed ground,
And dwell with Christ at home. [Refrain] Topics: Second Coming Scripture: John 14:2 Languages: English Tune Title: [O land of rest, for thee I sigh]
We'll Wait Till Jesus Comes
O land of rest, for thee I sigh
Author: Elizabeth Mills Hymnal: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #807 (1886) Lyrics: 1 O land of rest, for thee I sigh;
When will the moment come
When I shall lay my armor by,
And dwell with Christ at home?
2 No tranquil joys on earth I know,
No peaceful, sheltering dome;
This world's a wilderness of woe,
This world is not my home.
3 To Jesus Christ I sought for rest;
He bade me cease to roam,
And fly for succor to his breast,
And he'd conduct me home.
4 When by affliction sharply tried,
Faith tells of scenes to come,
Those endless joys prepared above,
And then I sigh for home.
5 Weary of wandering round and round
This vale of sin and gloom,
I long to leave the unhallowed ground,
And dwell with Christ at home. Topics: Waiting for Christ Closing Work Tune Title: LAND OF REST
O land of rest, for thee I sigh
William J. Kirkpatrick
1838 - 1921 Person Name: W. J. K. Arr. of "We'll Work till Jesus Comes" in Living Hymns William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia.
Bert Polman
William J. Kirkpatrick
Elizabeth Mills
1805 - 1829 Author of "We'll Work Till Jesus Comes" in Baptist Hymnal 1991 Mills, Elizabeth, née King, daughter of Philip King, was born at Stoke Newington in 1805; married to Thomas Mills, M.P., and died at Finsbury Place, London, April 21, 1829. Her popular hymn:—
We speak of the realms of the blest. [Heaven] is thus annotated in Miller's Singers and Songs, &c, 1869, p. 483: "We are much indebted to John Remington Mills, Esq., M.P. for information about this hymn, written by his accomplished relative. The original has 6 st. and was composed after reading ‘Bridges on the 119th Psalm' (on ver. 44, p. 116), ‘We speak of heaven, but oh! to be there.' . . . Already deservedly a favourite, new interest will be added to this hymn when we know that the authoress was early called to ‘the realms of the blest,' of which she sang so sweetly, and that she wrote this hymn a few weeks before her death." The text of this hymn is usually given in an imperfect form. The corrections are supplied by W. F. Stevenson in his Hymns for Church and Home, 1873, "Children's Hymns," No. 151, and the note thereon. Few children's hymns have been received with more favour. It is found in almost every hymn-book published for Children in Great Britain and America during the last fifty years. In some collections it begins, "We sing of the land of the blest"; and in others,"We talk of the land of the blest,"
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
Elizabeth Mills
Christian H. Rinck
1770 - 1846 Person Name: Rink Composer of "VARINA" in Hymns and Tunes Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck; b. 1770, Elgersburg, Thueringen; d. 1846, Darmstadt
Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal, 1908
Christian H. Rinck
