A Collection of Hymns #251
Display Title: Does the Gospel word proclaim First Line: Does the Gospel word proclaim Date: 1859
A Collection of Hymns #251
1 Does the gospel word proclaim
Rest for those that weary be?
Then, my soul, put in thy claim;
'Tis that promise speaks to thee.
2 Marks of grace I cannot show,
All polluted is my best;
But I weary am, I know,
And the weary long for rest.
3 Burdened with a load of sin.
Harassed with tormenting doubt;
Hourly conflicts from within,
Hourly crosses from without.
4 All my little strength is gone,
Sink must I without supply;
Sure upon the earth is none
Can more weary be than I.
5 In the ark the weary dove
Found a welcome resting place;
Thus my spirit longs to prove
Rest in Christ, the Ark of grace.
Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #458
John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumultuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide… Go to person page >| First Line: | Does the Gospel word proclaim |
| Title: | Rest for Weary Souls |
| Author: | John Newton |
| Meter: | 7.7.7.7 |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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