Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 1991 Edition
499 At Rest
Tune: Floyd M. Frederick, 1960
Words: Floyd M. Frederick & James Montgomery, 1825
Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)
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.
Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years,
An endless life of love.
Farewell, dear friends, farewell,
For just a little while;
We’ll meet and sing on heaven’s shore,
Where parting comes no more.
The bliss for which we sigh;
’Tis not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die.
Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years,
An endless life of love.
Farewell, dear friends, farewell,
For just a little while;
We’ll meet and sing on heaven’s shore,
Where parting comes no more.