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REST
FOR
THE
WEARY.
8s
7s
"I
will
sing
unto
the
Lord;
I
will
sing
praise
to
the
Lord
God
of
Israel."-Judge
5-3.
Key
of
E.
Flat
Major,
Rev,
John
Robinson.
1758.
Original
Arrangement
by
B.
F.
W.
1869
1,
Come,
Thy
Fount
of
ev
-
'ry
bless-ing,
Tune
my
heart
to
sing
Thy
grace:
Streams
of
mer
-
cy,
nev
-
er
ceas
-
ing,
Call
for
songs
of
loud
-
est
praise.
2.
Here
I'll
raise
mine
Eb
-
e
-
ne
-
zer,
Hith-er
by
Thy
help,
I'm
come.
And
I
hope,
by
Thy
good
pleas
-
ure,
Safe
-
ly
to
ar
-
rive
at
home.
Chorus
for
the
First
Part.
There
is
rest
for
the
wea
-
ry,
There
is
rest
for
the
wea
-
ry,
There
is
rest
for
the
wea
-
ry,
There
is
rest
for
you.
There
is
rest
for
the
wea
-
ry,
There
is
rest
for
the
wea
-
ry,
There
is
rest
for
the
wea
-
ry,
There
is
rest
for
you.
This
tune
was
rearranged
by
Major
B.
F.
White
in
1869
for
the
fourth
edition
of
the
Sacred
Harp.
The
air
of
this
is
an
old
melody
and
printed
in
the
early
song
books
of
America,
and
appears
in
many
song
books.
John
Robinson
was
born
in
Norfolk,
Eng.,
1735,
and
left
an
orphan.
He
was
converted
under
preaching
of
Whitfield,
and
ordained
to
the
Methodist
ministry.
He
later
joined
the
Baptist,
then
the
Independents,
and
finally
became
a
Unitarian.
He died
1790,