In The Shadow Of His Wings

Words:
J. B. Atchinson
Music:
E. O. Excel

Sheet music

  1. 1In the shadow of His wingsThere is rest, sweet rest;There is rest from care and labor,There is rest for friend and neighbor;In the shadow of His wingsThere is rest, sweet rest,In the shadow of His wingsThere is rest (sweet rest).There is rest, (sweet rest,)There is peace, (sweet peace,)There is joy, (glad joy,)In the shadow of His wings;There is rest, (sweet rest,)There is peace, (sweet peace,)There is joy, (glad joy,)In the shadow of His wings.
  2. 2In the shadow of His wingsThere is peace, sweet peace,Peace that passeth understanding,Peace, sweet peace that knows no ending;In the shadow of His wingsThere is peace, sweet peace,In the shadow of His wingsThere is peace (sweet peace).There is rest, (sweet rest,)There is peace, (sweet peace,)There is joy, (glad joy,)In the shadow of His wings;There is rest, (sweet rest,)There is peace, (sweet peace,)There is joy, (glad joy,)In the shadow of His wings.
  3. 3In the shadow of His wingsThere is joy, glad joy;There is joy to tell the story,Joy exceeding, full of glory;In the shadow of His wingsThere is joy, glad joy,In the shadow of His wingsThere is joy (glad joy).There is rest, (sweet rest,)There is peace, (sweet peace,)There is joy, (glad joy,)In the shadow of His wings;There is rest, (sweet rest,)There is peace, (sweet peace,)There is joy, (glad joy,)In the shadow of His wings.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1881, the words are in 68 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.

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