Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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THE REWARD OF THE FAITHFUL. |
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THE REWARD OF THE FAITHFUL.
“There remaineth therefore a rest for the people of God.”
—Hebrews, iv. 9.
Meek follower of a lowly Lord,
Are trouble, fear, and sorrow, thine?
May humble faith to thee accord
This promise of His word divine:
For His a glorious rest remaineth,
And stedfast faith that rest attaineth.
Are trouble, fear, and sorrow, thine?
May humble faith to thee accord
This promise of His word divine:
For His a glorious rest remaineth,
And stedfast faith that rest attaineth.
Art thou of holy grace a child?
This world thy rest can never be;
By sorrow marr'd, by sin defil'd,
It is a home unworthy thee;
And thou shalt be by grace translated,
Where peace and purity are mated.
This world thy rest can never be;
By sorrow marr'd, by sin defil'd,
It is a home unworthy thee;
And thou shalt be by grace translated,
Where peace and purity are mated.
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But, oh, remember, those alone
His hallow'd rest shall enter in,
Whose hearts, believing, first disown
The pride of self, the power of sin:
If thou into His rest wouldst enter,
Faith must achieve this high adventure.
His hallow'd rest shall enter in,
Whose hearts, believing, first disown
The pride of self, the power of sin:
If thou into His rest wouldst enter,
Faith must achieve this high adventure.
Faith in the Son of God—who gave
His sinless life to ransom thine;
Faith in God's gracious will to save,
Faith in His Spirit's aid divine;
Thine eye by faith that rest beholdeth,
And faith its entrance still unfoldeth.
His sinless life to ransom thine;
Faith in God's gracious will to save,
Faith in His Spirit's aid divine;
Thine eye by faith that rest beholdeth,
And faith its entrance still unfoldeth.
Possessing this—thy soul shall be
Prepar'd with every ill to cope,
And Achor's valley prove to thee
The door of calm confiding hope;
Of hope which—on a Saviour grounded,
Though tried, can never be confounded.
Prepar'd with every ill to cope,
And Achor's valley prove to thee
The door of calm confiding hope;
Of hope which—on a Saviour grounded,
Though tried, can never be confounded.
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