Sweet Place
| Sweet Place | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Hymn |
| Text | Samuel Crossman |
| Meter | 6.6.6.6.8.8 |
| Melody | "Christchurch" by Charles Steggall, "Darwall" by John Darwall and Aaron Williams |
Sweet Place is a hymn by Samuel Crossman and music composed by John Darwall and Aaron Williams.
- Sweet place; sweet place alone!
- The court of God most high,
- The heaven of heavens, the throne
- Of spotless majesty!
- Refrain
- O happy place!
- When shall I be, my God, with Thee,
- To see Thy face?
- The stranger homeward bends,
- And sigheth for his rest:
- Heaven is my home, my friends
- Lodge there in Abraham’s breast.
- Refrain
- Earth’s but a sorry tent,
- Pitched but a few frail days,
- A short leased tenement;
- Heaven’s still my song, my praise.
- Refrain
- No tears from any eyes
- Drop in that holy choir:
- But death itself there dies,
- And sighs themselves expire.
- Refrain
- There should temptations cease,
- My frailties there should end.
- There should I rest in peace
- In the arms of my best friend.
- Refrain
- Jerusalem on high
- My song and city is,
- My home whene’er I die,
- The center of my bliss.
- Refrain
- Thy walls, sweet city! thine
- With pearls are garnished,
- Thy gates with praises shine,
- Thy streets with gold are spread.
- Refrain
- No sun by day shines there,
- No moon by silent night.
- O no! these needless are;
- The Lamb’s the city’s light.
- Refrain
- There dwells my Lord, my King,
- Judged here unfit to live;
- There angels to Him sing,
- And lowly homage give.
- Refrain
- The patriarchs of old
- There from their travels cease:
- The prophets there behold
- Their longed for Prince of peace.
- Refrain
- The Lamb’s apostles there
- I might with joy behold:
- The harpers I might hear
- Harping on harps of gold.
- Refrain
- The bleeding martyrs, they
- Within those courts are found;
- All clothed in pure array,
- Their scars with glory crowned.
- Refrain
- Ah me! ah me! that I
- In Kedar’s tents here stay;
- No place like this on high;
- Thither, Lord! guide my way.
- Refrain