REST IN CHRIST by Garland

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 5, 1872

REST IN CHRIST.

By Garland

Where shall the soul find rest on this frail earth, In search of joy and peace? Where but in Christ, The first-born Prince of Heaven, whose hallowed face, The only sun that shines o’er life’s dark paths, Is turned benignant toward this sorrowing world; Whose Spirit breathes to kindle hallowed flames In hearts that else were cold to sin’s dark dreams. To Christ, the Lord, my heart would flee for rest, And, when vexations tear my harrowed soul, I’ll think of Calvary—I’ll think of Him Who, suffering all that malice could invent, Or man inflict, died calm and peaceful, Praying for his foes; I’ll think of Him Who wept in Gethsemane, and gave his life A ransom for the world—of Him who bids Me welcome to his rest, and takes away Life’s burden from the soul. —Garland.