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THE BURDEN-BEARER

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 25, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 9.

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THE BURDEN-BEARER.

Oh! the blessed promise, given on the hills of Galilee To the weary, heavy laden, still is made to you and me. Many a heart has thrilled to hear it, Many a tear been wiped away, Many a load of sin been lifted, Many a midnight turned to day.
Many a broken, contrite spirit, lonely, sorrowing and sad, Felt the mighty consolation—heard the heavenly tidings glad. And the dying gazed with rapture, Trusting in the Saviour’s name; On the land of rest and refuge, When the Burden-Bearer came.
Lazarus lies unfed and fainting, Peter sinks beneath the wave, Loving Mary lingers sadly, near the Saviour’s guarded grave. Blind Bartimeus, by the wayside, Begs his bread disconsolate; For the moving of the waters, At the pool the suffering wait.
In the wilderness the lepers wander outcast in their pain; Paul and Silas in the prison, bear the fetter and the chain. Mary Magdalene is weeping, Friendless in her sin and shame— But their burdens all were lifted When the Burden-Bearer came.
Every phase of human sorrow fills the path we tread to-day; Harps are hanging on the willows, souls are fainting by the way. But there still is balm in Gilead, And though here on earth we weep, God within the many mansions, Giveth his beloved sleep.
On the cloud his rainbow glitters, shines the star of faith above; God will not forsake or leave us—let us trust his truth and love And beyond the shining river, We shall bless his holy name; That to bear our sins and sorrows, Christ, the Burden-Bearer, came. —Sel.