| Christian life - 1881 - 380 pages
...Him, that He may bless us, may do for us exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think ! " I heard the voice of Jesus say, ' Come unto Me, and rest ; • Lay down, thou weary one, lay dowa Thy head upon My breast.' I came to Jesus as I was, Weary and worn and sad ; I found in Him a... | |
| Christian life - 1880 - 374 pages
...have learned songs coarse and profane ; what was her surprise to hear the sweet words ring out : " I heard the voice of Jesus say, 'Come unto Me, and rest.'" That night the poor sufferer, waking from uneasy sleep, was heard to mutter, " What is it ? How is... | |
| Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 858 pages
...in righteousness divine, And makes thy crown of glory shine. CHARLES WESLEY. THE VOICE FROM GALILEE. HEARD the voice of Jesus say, Come unto me and rest...Lay down, thou weary one, lay down, Thy head upon my hreast. I came to Jesus 0.3 I was, Weary and worn and sad, I found in Him a resting-place, And He has... | |
| 1866 - 580 pages
...favourites now and probably will be in the future ; as, " Abide with me, fast falls the eventide ; " "I heard the voice of Jesus say, Come unto me and rest ; " " Just as I am, without one plea," &c. We are glad to find Toplady's splendid hymn, " Rock of Ages,"... | |
| 1872 - 722 pages
...strength ! Oh, fulness of all things ! I come back and join myself to Thee!" "He heard the voice of Jesna say, Come unto Me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast." And Hallam's soul found rest only when it returned to the Divine Satisfier, the Divine Surety, and... | |
| 1872 - 812 pages
...one being the 24th — " Come re disconsolate where'er ye languish," ic., and another the 623rd— " I heard the voice of Jesus say, 'Come unto me and...thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon my breast.' " She also remarked, "Mr. Longbottom is DOW administering the covenant service and sacrament at Dewsbnry."... | |
| Christianity - 1879 - 474 pages
...to afternoon school, where the singing again took possession of his whole soul. And when the hymn, "I heard the voice of Jesus say, 'Come unto me and...thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon my breast,' " ifec., sounded sweetly forth, he drank in every word as though it had been a message to him alone... | |
| 1894 - 868 pages
...half in jest, Montagu called the old man. MONTAUU AITEALS TO OLD 1'ETKK. "Peter, do you know the hymn, 'I heard the voice of Jesus say, Come unto Me and rest ' ?" " Aye, that I do, Mr. Montagu." " How do you 'come,' Peter?" " Why, Mr. Montagu, sir, it oughtn't... | |
| Septimus Sears - 1854 - 646 pages
...water seemed as music in his ears, and he could fansy he heard iJllcu singing her pretty hymn : — " I heard the voice of Jesus say, Come unto Me and rest...thou weary one, lay down, Thy head upon my breast." Little Charlie smiled ; he reposed his weary head on a soft mossy cushion ; the numbing sensation prevented... | |
| Horatius Bonar - Hymns, English - 1857 - 300 pages
...THE VOICE FROM GALILEE. "Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace." — JOHN, i. 16. I HEARD the voice of Jesus say, Come unto me and rest ; Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy Lead upon my breast. I came to Jesus as I was, Weary, and worn, and sad, I found in Him a resting-place,... | |
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