LORD I BELIEVE A REST REMAINS

Lord, I believe a rest remains

to all Thy people known;

a rest where pure enjoyment reigns,

and Thou art loved alone.




A rest where all our soul‟s desire

is fixed on things above;

where fear and sin and grief expire,

cast out by perfect love.




Oh that I now the rest might know,

believe, and enter in;

now, Saviour, now the power bestow,

and let me cease from sin.




Remove this hardness from my heart,

this unbelief remove:

to me the rest of faith impart,

the Sabbath of Thy love.




I would be Thine, Thou knowest I would,

and have Thee all my own;

Thee, O my all-sufficient Good,

I want, and Thee alone. ......