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 throneWhen shall I be, my God, with Thee,The stranger homeward bends,Heaven is my home, my friendsEarth’s but a sorry tent,A short leased tenement;No tears from any eyesBut death itself there dies,There should temptations cease,There should I rest in peaceJerusalem on highMy home whene’er I die,Thy walls, sweet city! thineThy 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 oldThe prophets there beholdThe Lamb’s apostles thereThe harpers I might hearThe bleeding martyrs, theyAll clothed in pure array,Ah me! ah me! that INo place like this on high;