Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Rest weary heart
Topic: Anxiety
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: Solon Wilder
Meter: 4s and 10s
Tune: Hallen
Hymn Number: 460
Page Number: 159, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsREST, weary heart,
From all thy silent griefs and secret pain,
Thy profitless regrets and longings vain!
Wisdom and love have order'd all the past,
All shall be blessedness and light at last;
Cast off the cares that have so long oppress'd.
Rest, sweetly rest!
Rest, weary head!
Lie down to slumber in the peaceful tomb;
Light from above has broken through its gloom;
Here, in the place where once thy Saviour lay,
Where He shall wake thee on a future day,
Like a tired child upon its mother's breast,
Rest, sweetly rest!
Rest, spirit free!
In the green pastures of the heav'nly 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 Saviour blest,
Rest, sweetly rest!