RESTING IN GOD | AdventAI

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · May 5, 1868

RESTING IN GOD.

I rest with thee, Lord! Whither should I go? I feel so blest, within thy home of love! The blessings purchased by thy pain and woe, To thy poor child thou sendest from above. O never let thy grace depart from me; So shall I still abide, my Lord, with thee.

I rest with thee! Eternal life the prize Thou wilt bestow, when faith's good fight is won; What can earth give, but vain regrets and sighs, To the poor heart whose passing bliss is done? For lasting joys, I fleeting ones resign, Since Jesus calls me his, and he is mine.

I rest with thee! No other place of rest Can now attract, no other portion please: The soul, of heavenly treasure once possessed, All earthly glory with indifference sees. Poor world, farewell! thy splendors tempt no more, The power of grace I feel, and thine is o'er.

I rest with thee! With thee whose wondrous love Descends to seek the lost, the fallen raise; Oh! that my whole of future life might prove One hallelujah, one glad song of praise! So shall I sing, as time's last moments flee, Now, and forever, Lord, I rest with thee!