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Sweet Place is a
Sweet Place
English Christian hymns 17th-century hymns
Hymn
A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word ''hymn'' d ...
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, text = Samuel Crossman
Samuel Crossman (1623 – 4 February 1683) was a minister of the Church of England and a hymn writer. He was born at Bradfield Monachorum, now known as Bradfield St George, Suffolk, England.
Crossman earned a Bachelor of Divinity at Pembroke C ...
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, melody = "Christchurch" by Charles Steggall
Charles H. Steggall (3 June 1826 in London – 7 June 1905 in London) was an English hymnodist and composer.
Early life
The son of R. W. Steggall (of the London-based harness and saddlery maker Whippy, Steggall and Flemming), Charles Stegg ...
, "Darwall" by John Darwall and Aaron Williams
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Sweet Place is a hymn
A hymn is a type of song, and partially synonymous with devotional song, specifically written for the purpose of adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification. The word ''hymn'' d ...
by Samuel Crossman
Samuel Crossman (1623 – 4 February 1683) was a minister of the Church of England and a hymn writer. He was born at Bradfield Monachorum, now known as Bradfield St George, Suffolk, England.
Crossman earned a Bachelor of Divinity at Pembroke C ...
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''
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Sweet Place
English Christian hymns 17th-century hymns