COME UNTO ME by S. E. Millne

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 9, 1877

“COME UNTO ME.”

By S. E. Millne

“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Matt. 11:28.

I am coming, O my Saviour, Coming to the blood-stained cross; I will take thy yoke upon me, Counting all things here but loss.

I have sought for fame and pleasure Round this world, but sought in vain; They have left me naught but sorrow, Blasted hopes, and grief, and pain.

Human loves in sorrow failed me; Broken reeds, they passed away. Satan’s hosts with rage assailed me, Prostrate in the dust I lay.

I was lost in midnight darkness, Could not see the light of day. Then I cried, O Father, help me; Be thou still my hope and stay.

Then the tender Shepherd heard me, Sought me on the desert wild; To his arms he sweetly called me, Found his lost and weary child.

Now I’m resting on thy promise, And my heart is stayed on thee; O, thy love, in boundless measure, Flows upon me, full and free.

And by faith I walk with Jesus; Now I see his smiling face Beckoning me to those bright mansions, Zion’s glorious dwelling place.

S. E. MILLNE.