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Christ in Song 574

BEAUTIFUL VALLEY OF EDEN

Words: Rev. W. O. CushingMusic: W. F. Sherwin

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1"He will still those who hunger and thirst, and will satisfy them like the portion of the Lord." - Isa. 55:1.
I Rest-u-al-ly can out - the walk, Sweet is thy boon-ti-ful grace, O we're found a land;
O at the heart of the moun-tain, Shin-ing so gold-en glo-ry, Wait-ing the quest of the
Hun-gry of souls, my Saviour, Then will thy bless-ed smil-ing, When in thy land.

RefrainREFRAIN:
Rest-ing, rest-ing, Sweet is thy boon-ti-ful grace,
Rest-ing, rest-ing, Wait-ing the quest of the
pure and bless-ed, Rest-ing of Em-a-nu-el thou wilt bel-low'd, I dream of thy crest to-w'rd.

2O rest-ing, con-tent-ed with na-ture, Beau-ti-ful val-ley of E-den, Home of the
Rest-ing the great new home.

Scripture
Isa. 55:1

Copyright, 1900, by The Biglow & Main Co., owners of copyright

The verse

Meter
24.19.21.18
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 37% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCB
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

"He will still those who hunger and thirst, and will satisfy them like the portion of the Lord." - Isa. 55:1.˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘//˘24A
I Rest-u-al-ly can out - the walk, Sweet is thy boon-ti-ful grace, O we're found a land;˘???˘?//˘/???/˘//˘/19B
O at the heart of the moun-tain, Shin-ing so gold-en glo-ry, Wait-ing the quest of the˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘21C
Hun-gry of souls, my Saviour, Then will thy bless-ed smil-ing, When in thy land./˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘///˘/˘//18B

Verse 2

O rest-ing, con-tent-ed with na-ture, Beau-ti-ful val-ley of E-den, Home of the˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘20A
Rest-ing the great new home./˘˘///6B

Refrain

REFRAIN:˘/2A
Rest-ing, rest-ing, Sweet is thy boon-ti-ful grace,/˘/˘/˘/???/11B
Rest-ing, rest-ing, Wait-ing the quest of the/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘10C
pure and bless-ed, Rest-ing of Em-a-nu-el thou wilt bel-low'd, I dream of thy crest to-w'rd./˘//˘˘˘/˘˘///˘˘/˘//?20D

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.