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27. Sweet Rest

Text Information
First Line: While toiling on life's rugged road
Title: Sweet Rest
Author: D. Threadgill
Refrain First Line: Beside the sea, the Saviour waits
Language: English
Publication Date: 1906
Tune Information
Name: [While toiling on life's rugged road]
Composer: W. H. Livingston
Incipit: 15133 16556 12252



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