Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Rest weary heart
Topic: The New Life/Trust and Joy
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: Solon Wilder
Tune: Hallen
Hymn Number: 569
Page Number: 207, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsRest, weary heart,
Rest weary heart,
From all thy silent griefs, and se-cret pain,
Thy pro-fit-less re-grets and long-ings vain!
Wis-dom and love have or-dered all the past,
All shall be bles-sed-ness and light at last;
Cast off the cares that have so long oppressed,
Rest, sweetly rest!
Rest, sweetly rest!
Rest, weary head,
Rest weary head!
Lie down to slumber in the peace-ful tomb;
Light from a-bove has bro-ken through its gloom;
Here, in the place where once thy Savior lay,
Where he shall wake thee on a fu-ture day,
Like a tired child up-on its mother's breast,
Rest, sweetly rest!
Rest, sweetly rest!
Rest, spirit free!
In the green pastures of the heavenly shore,
Where sin and sorrow can approach no more;
With all the flock by the Good Shepherd fed,
Beside the streams of life eternal led,
Forever with thy God and Savior blest,
Rest, sweetly rest!