Walking Alone At Eve
- Words:
- Thomas E. Sweatmon
- Music:
- Will W. Slater
Sheet music
- 1Walking alone at eve and viewing the skies afar,Bidding the darkness come to welcome each silver star;I have a great delight in the wonderful scenes above,God in His pow’r and might is showingHis truth and love.O! for a home with God, a place in His courts to rest,Sure in a safe abode withJesus and the blest;Rest for a weary soul once redeemed by the Savior's love,Where I’ll be pure and whole and live with my God above!
- 2Sitting alone at eve and dreaming the hours away,Watching the shadows falling now at the close of day;God in His mercy comes with His word He is drawing near,Spreading His love and truth around me and ev’rywhere.O! for a home with God, a place in His courts to rest,Sure in a safe abode withJesus and the blest;Rest for a weary soul once redeemed by the Savior's love,Where I’ll be pure and whole and live with my God above!
- 3Closing my eyes at eve and thinking of heaven's grace,Longing to see my Lord, yes, meeting Him face to face;Trusting Him as my all wheresoever my footsteps roam,Pleading with Him to guide me on to the spirit's home.O! for a home with God, a place in His courts to rest,Sure in a safe abode withJesus and the blest;Rest for a weary soul once redeemed by the Savior's love,Where I’ll be pure and whole and live with my God above!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1917, the words are in 39 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.