I heard the voice of Jesus say

Sung during the Sunday worship at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, London (Spurgeon’s).

Hymn 432 from our hymn book, Psalms & Hymns of Reformed Worship.

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 travelling days are done.

Author: Horatius Bonar (1808-89)
Tune: Vox Dilecti
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes (1823-76)

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