Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Thou only centre of my rest
Topic: Affliction
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 228
Page Number: 252, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThou only centre of my rest,
Look down with pitying eye;
While with protracted pain oppress'd,
I breathe the plaintive sigh.
Thy gracious presence, O my God,
My every wish contains;
With this, beneath afflictions load,
My heart no more complains.
This can my every care control,
Gild each dark scene with light;
This is the sunshine of my soul,
Without it, all is night.
My Lord, my life, O cheer my heart
With thy reviving ray;
And bid these mournful shades depart,
And bring the dawn of day.
O happy scenes of pure delight!
Where thy full beams impart
Unclouded beauty to the sight,
And rapture to the heart.
Her part in those fair realms of bliss,
My spirit longs to know;
My wishes terminate in this,
Nor can they rest below.
Lord, shall the breathings of my heart
Aspire in vain to thee?
Confirm my hope, that where thou art
I shall forever be.
Then shall my cheerful spirit sing
The darksome hours away,
And rise on faith's expanded wing,
To everlasting day.