The phrase "Rest awhile" resonates through 5 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
Rest awhile
...Soon will the long, the final rest arrive.
Oh, rest awhile, for rest is self-return;
Leave the loud world, and visit thine own breast;...
Soon will the long, the final rest arrive.
Oh, rest awhile, for rest is self-return;
Leave the loud world, and visit thine own breast;
...In the desert’s lone retreat.
Rest awhile, but not forever,
Back again with sharper sword;...
In the desert’s lone retreat.
Rest awhile, but not forever,
Back again with sharper sword;
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Come ye yourselves apart and rest awhile;
Weary, I know it, of the press and throng,...
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Come ye yourselves apart and rest awhile;
Weary, I know it, of the press and throng,
...And come, O dearest Lord, apart,
To rest awhile with Thee.
The courts of Heav’n were lost to view,...
And come, O dearest Lord, apart,
To rest awhile with Thee.
The courts of Heav’n were lost to view,
...And met within Thy holy place
To rest awhile with Thee.
Around us rolls the ceaseless tide...
And met within Thy holy place
To rest awhile with Thee.
Around us rolls the ceaseless tide
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