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PENICK.
C.
M.
"Shall
find
rest
for
your
soul."-Jer.
6
:16.
M.
Sykes,
Montgomery
Co.,
Ga.,
1857.
M.
Sykes,
1857.
Key
of
F
Major.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Densn,
1911.
1
While
trav
- 'ling
thro'
the
world
be
-
low,
Where
sore
af
-
flic -
tions
come,
My
soul
a
-
bounds
with
joy
to
know
That
I
will
rest
at
home.
2
My
soul's
de
-
light
has
been
to
sing
Of
glo - rious
days
to
come,
When
I
shall,
with
my
God
and
King,
For - ev
-
er
rest
at
home.
3
Yes,
when
my
eyes
are
closed
in
death,
My
bod
-
y
cease
to
roam,
I'll
bid
fare - well
to
all
be
-
low,
And
meet
my
friends
at
home.
4
And
then
I
want
these
lines
to
be
In
-
scribed
up
-
on
my
tomb,
"Here
lies
the
dust
of
S.
R.
P.,
His
spi
-
rit
sings
at
home.
Chorus.
Car-ry
me
home,
Car-ry
me
home,
When
my
life
is
o'er;
Then
car
-
ry
me
to
my
long-sought
home,
Where
pain
is
felt
no
more.
Car-ry
me
home,
Car-ry
me
home,
When
my
life
is
o'er;
Then
car-ry
me
to
my
long-sought
home,
Where
pain
is
felt
no
more.
But
little
is
known
of
the
author
of
this
tune
which
is
credited
to
him
in
The
Sacred
Harp,
page
387.
He
disappeared
several
years
ago.
He
was
in
the
Southern
Musical
Convention
along
through
the
50s,
it
was
so
claimed
by
Shell,
Ogletree,
Turner
and
Rees,
who
were
members
of
this
convention.
The
tune
was
written
in
honor
of
Prof.
S.
R.
Penick,
a
devoted
Christian
man,
and
one
who
was
very
fond
of
music.
His
birthplace
and
death
are
unknown
so
far
as
we
are
able
to
ascer-
tain.
It
is
claimed
by
some
that
Penick
wrote
the
words.
The
last
line
in
the
hymn
would
indicate
that
he
did
write
them.
However,
it
is
claimed
by
Rev.
H.
S.
Rees,
often
mentioned
in
this
book,
that
Mr.
Sikes
wrote
the
words
to
this
hymn.
Sikes
was
a
singing
school
teacher
and
belonged
to
the
Southern
Musieal
Con-
vention,
and
had
previous
to
the
time
of
the
Composing
of
the
above
tune.