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Text:Sweetly Resting
Author:Mary D. James
Tune:[In the rifted Rock I'm resting]
Composer:W. Warren Bently

13. Sweetly Resting

1 In the rifted Rock I'm resting;
Safely sheltered, I abide.
There no foes nor storms molest me,
While within the cleft I hide.

Refrain
Now I'm resting, sweetly resting,
In the cleft once made for me.
Jesus, blessed Rock of Ages,
I will hide myself in Thee.

2 Long pursued by sin and Satan,
Weary, sad, I longed for rest.
Then I found this heav'nly shelter
Opened in my Saviour's breast. [Refrain]

3 Peace which passeth understanding,
Joy the world can never give,
Now in Jesus I am finding;
In His smiles of love I live. [Refrain]

4 In the rifted Rock I'll hide me
Till the storms of life are past;
All secure in this blest refuge,
Heeding not the fiercest blast. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: In the rifted Rock I'm resting
Title: Sweetly Resting
Author: Mary D. James
Refrain First Line: Now I'm resting, sweetly resting
Language: English
Publication Date: 1978
Tune Information
Name: [In the rifted Rock I'm resting]
Composer: W. Warren Bently
Key: Eā™­ Major



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