LAND OF REST
LAND OF REST is an American folk melody of uncertain origin that appeared in the 1844 edition of William Walker's Southern Harmony, though its oral antecedents almost certainly predate that publication by several decades. Walker's editorial practice was to collect and harmonize tunes already in circulation among Southern singing communities rather than to compose original material, and LAND OF REST exhibits the hallmarks of a melody that had been shaped by oral transmission — its contours are sm
Stanza Arc
The narrative or theological arc traced by this tune's stanzas: From individual reconciliation (Law → Gospel) through corporate ecclesiology to missional witness