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 heaven of heavens, the throne When shall I be, my God, with Thee, The stranger homeward bends, Heaven is my home, my friends Earth’s but a sorry tent, A short leased tenement; No tears from any eyes But death itself there dies, There should temptations cease, There should I rest in peace Jerusalem on high My home whene’er I die, Thy walls, sweet city! thine Thy gates with praises shine, No sun by day shines there, O no! these needless are; There dwells my Lord, my King, There angels to Him sing, The patriarchs of old The prophets there behold The Lamb’s apostles there The harpers I might hear The bleeding martyrs, they All clothed in pure array, Ah me! ah me! that I No place like this on high;