Text: | I heard the voice of Jesus say |
Author: | Horatius N. Bonar (1808-1889) |
Tune: | KINGSFOLD |
Collector: | John Alexander Fuller Maitland (1856-1936) |
Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
1 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.
2 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.
3 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I heard the voice of Jesus say |
Author: | Horatius N. Bonar (1808-1889) |
Meter: | DCM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Children and All-Age Worship; Jesus: compassion; Light(6 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | KINGSFOLD |
Harmonizer: | Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) |
Collector: | John Alexander Fuller Maitland (1856-1936) |
Meter: | DCM |
Key: | e minor |
Source: | Melody from English County Songs 1893 |
Copyright: | Harmonisation: From The English Hymnal, 1906, Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. |