Scripture Verse

There remaineth…a rest to the people of God. Hebrews 4:9

Introduction

Words: Nel­lie G. Rice, in His Wor­thy Praise, by Ed­mund S. Lo­renz & Ira B. Wil­son (Day­ton, Ohio: Lo­renz Pub­lish­ing, 1915), num­ber 30.

Music: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Rice (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921)

Lyrics

Somewhere on the beau­ti­ful hills of rest,
Far above earth­ly tri­al and care,
We shall meet our king,
And His prais­es we there shall sing
On the beau­ti­ful, beau­ti­ful hills so fair.

Refrain

On the beau­ti­ful, beau­ti­ful hills of rest,
There are man­sions pre­pared for you and me;
There’s no need of the stars by night
If our Sav­ior will be the light
Of the beau­ti­ful, beau­ti­ful hills of rest.

Somewhere on the beau­ti­ful hills of rest
Are the dear ones we loved and have lost;
We shall meet again,
Free from sor­row and free from pain,
And for­ev­er be num­bered with Heav’n’s bright host.

Refrain

Somewhere on the beau­ti­ful hills of rest
Shall the songs we have long wished to know
Float upon the air
With their mu­sic so sweet and rare,
Till with rap­ture and tri­umph our hearts o’er­flow.

Refrain