Verse 1

LORD, I believe a rest remains To all Thy people known, A rest where pure enjoyment reigns, And Thou art loved alone:

Verse 2

A rest, where all our souls desire Is fixed on things above; Where fear, and sin, and grief expire, Cast out by perfect love.

Verse 3

O that I now the rest might know, Believe, and enter in! Now, Saviour, now the power bestow, And let me cease from sin.

Verse 4

Remove this hardness from my heart, This unbelief remove; To me the rest of faith impart, The Sabbath of Thy love.

Verse 5

I would be Thine, thou know’st I would, And have thee all my own; Thee, O my all-sufficient Good! I want, and Thee alone.

Verse 6

Thy name to me, thy nature grant; This, only this be given: Nothing beside my God I want, Nothing in earth or heaven.

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