I HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS SAY
"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you
rest." Matthew 11:28-30
Words: Horatius Bonar, Hymns
Original and Selected, 1846; original title: "The Voice from Galilee."
Music: "Vox Delicti," John Bacchus Dykes, 1868.
I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon My breast."
I came to Jesus as I was, weary and worn and sad;
I found in Him a resting place, and He has made me glad.
I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Behold, I freely give
The living water; thirsty one, stoop down, and drink, and live."
I came to Jesus, and I drank of that life giving stream;
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, and now I live in Him.
I heard the voice of Jesus say, "I am this dark world's light;
Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, and all thy day be bright."
I looked to Jesus, and I found in Him my star, my sun;
And in that light of life I'll walk, till traveling days are done.