301. Our Rest Is in Heaven, Our Rest Is Not Here

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by H.F. Lyte, 1833
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Our rest is in heaven, our rest is not here;
 
Then why should we tremble when trials are near?
 
Be hushed, our sad spirits, the worst that can come
 
But shortens the journey, and hastens us home.
2
It is not for us to be seeking our bliss,
 
And building our hopes in a region like this:
 
We look for a city which hands have not piled — 
 
We pant for a country by sin undefiled.
3
The thorn and the thistle around us may grow — 
 
We would not lie down, e’en on roses, below:
 
We ask not our portion, we seek not a rest,
 
Till we find them forever where Jesus is blest.
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Let trial and danger our progress oppose,
 
They’ll only make heaven more sweet at the close;
 
Come joy or come sorrow, whate’er may befall,
 
A home with our God will make up for it all.
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:17-18)
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With a scrip on the back, and a staff in the hand,
 
We march on in haste through an enemy’s land;
 
The road may be rough, but it cannot be long,
 
And we’ll smooth it with hope, and we’ll cheer it with song.
“For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.” (1 Peter 3:12)
“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” (Romans 5:2)
“Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” (Ephesians 5:19)
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.” (Colossians 3:16)
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