Indexes for The Sacred Harp, 2025 Edition
499b At Rest
Words: v. 1–2 James Montgomery, 1825. v. 3 Floyd M. Frederick, 1959
Music: Floyd M. Frederick, 1959
Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6)
Copyright: 1960 Sacred Harp Publishing Company
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.