 LORD, I believe a rest remains To all thy people known ; A rest where pure enjoyment reigns, And thou art loved alone: 2 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.  The Silent Pastor: Or, Consolations for the Sick - Page 172by Thomas SADLER (Ph.D.), John Fothergill Waterhouse Ware - 1848 - 186 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Convention for the promotion of scriptural holiness - 1875 - 578 pages
...for thy light is come ; the glory of the Lord is risen upon thec 1 " We have been saying — " Lord, I believe a rest remains To all Thy people known ;...pure enjoyment reigns, And Thou art loved alone." Is it a strange thing if that aspiration has gone up sincerely and earnestly from the souls of men,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1875 - 1056 pages
...Saves, and to the utmost saves, All those that come to him. 403 CM 1 T ORD, I believe a rest remains JU To all thy people known, A rest where pure enjoyment reigns, And thou art loved alone : 2 A rest, where all our soul's desire Is fixed on things above ; Where fear, and sin, and grief expire,... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1875 - 290 pages
...bliss, And everlasting rest. 140 (484) CM Woodland, 95: TP 59. TORD, I believe a rest remains •L/ To all thy people known ; A rest where pure enjoyment reigns, And thou art loved alone : 2 A rest where all our soul's desire Is nx'd on things above ; Where fear, and sin, and Cast out... | |
 | James Martineau - 1875 - 630 pages
...To all thy people known ; A rest where pure enjoyment reigns ;— For thou art served alone : — 2 A rest where all our soul's desire Is fixed on things above ; Where fear, and sm, and grief expire, Cast out by perfect love. 3 O that we now that rest might know, Believe and enter... | |
 | John Wesley - 1854 - 138 pages
...volume itself. It may suffice to cite part of one hymn only, the last in that volume : — " Lord, I believe a rest remains To all thy people known ;...loved alone. " A rest where all our soul's desire Is fix'd on things above ; Where doubt, and pain, and fear expire. Cast out by perfect love. " From every... | |
 | Trinity hymns - 1876 - 414 pages
...RIFPON'S SELECTION, 1737. 652 The Sabbatic rest. Heb. Iv. 3. CM 1 T ORD, I believe a rest remains, Jj To all Thy people known ; A rest, where pure enjoyment reigns, And Thou art loved alone : — 2 A rest, where all our soul's desire Is fixed on things above ; Where fear, and sin, and grief... | |
 | 1876 - 384 pages
...thine to number out our days ; 'T is ours to give them to thy praise. A Best remaineth. 1 LORD ! we believe a rest remains To all thy people known : A rest where pure enjoyment reigns ; — For thou art served alone : — 2 A rest where all our soul's desire Is fixed on things above... | |
 | 1876 - 864 pages
...countenance, but himself walks in frequent darkness, interspersed with streaks of twilight. He sings : " Lord, I believe a rest remains To all Thy people known : A rest where pore enjoyment reigns, And Thou art loved alone." That is mere sentiment with him ; and then, as his... | |
 | John Wesley - 1877 - 500 pages
...him. A rest where puro en -joy -ment reigns, Andthou art lov'da - lone: HTMN 403. — Continued. 2 A rest, where all our soul's desire Is fixed on things...and sin, and grief expire Cast out by perfect love. 3 0 that I now the rest might kniff, Believe, and enter in ! Now, Saviour, now the power bestow, And... | |
 | Charles John Abbey - 1878 - 606 pages
...that it gives a marked general character to their hymns. Thus we find such lines as these— Lord, I believe a rest remains To all Thy people known ;...our soul's desire Is fixed on things above ; Where doubt, and pain, and fear expire, Cast out by perfect love. 2 John Wesley was careful, however, to... | |
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