Sweet Place
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Sweet Place is a Hymn
by Samuel Crossman
and music composed
by John Darwall
and Aaron Williams
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Hymn
A hymn is a type of song, usually religious, specifically written for the purpose of praise, adoration or prayer, and typically addressed to a deity or deities, or to a prominent figure or personification...
by Samuel Crossman
Samuel Crossman
Samuel Crossman was a minister of the Church of England and a hymnwriter. He was born at Bradfield Monachorum, Suffolk, England....
and music composed
Musical composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece of music, the structure of a musical piece, or the process of creating a new piece of music. People who practice composition are called composers.- Musical compositions :...
by John Darwall
John Darwall
John Darwall was an English clergyman and hymnodist.Born in the village of Haughton in Staffordshire, Darwall was educated at Manchester Grammar School and at Brasenose College, Oxford , graduating in 1756. He then became curate and later vicar of St Matthew's Parish in Walsall...
and Aaron Williams
Aaron Williams
Aaron Williams is an American former professional basketball player. He played at the power forward and center positions.-Basketball career:...
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- Sweet place; sweet place alone!
- The court of God most high,
- The heaven of heavens, the throne
- Of spotless majesty!
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- 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.
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- Earth’s but a sorry tent,
- Pitched but a few frail days,
- A short leased tenement;
- Heaven’s still my song, my praise.
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- No tears from any eyes
- Drop in that holy choir:
- But death itself there dies,
- And sighs themselves expire.
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- There should temptations cease,
- My frailties there should end.
- There should I rest in peace
- In the arms of my best friend.
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- Jerusalem on high
- My song and city is,
- My home whene’er I die,
- The center of my bliss.
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- Thy walls, sweet city! thine
- With pearls are garnished,
- Thy gates with praises shine,
- Thy streets with gold are spread.
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- No sun by day shines there,
- No moon by silent night.
- O no! these needless are;
- The Lamb’s the city’s light.
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- There dwells my Lord, my King,
- Judged here unfit to live;
- There angels to Him sing,
- And lowly homage give.
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- The patriarchs of old
- There from their travels cease:
- The prophets there behold
- Their longed for Prince of peace.
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- The Lamb’s apostles there
- I might with joy behold:
- The harpers I might hear
- Harping on harps of gold.
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- The bleeding martyrs, they
- Within those courts are found;
- All clothed in pure array,
- Their scars with glory crowned.
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- Ah me! ah me! that I
- In Kedar’s tents here stay;
- No place like this on high;
- Thither, Lord! guide my way.
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