Sweet Place



Sweet Place is a hymn by Samuel Crossman 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!


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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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