| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Hymns of Faith and Hope.
III. “When the weary, seeking rest” | | By Horatius Bonar (1808–1889) |
| | | WHEN the weary, seeking rest, | |
| To Thy goodness flee; | |
| When the heavy-laden cast | |
| All their load on Thee; | |
| When the troubled, seeking peace, | 5 |
| On Thy Name shall call; | |
| When the sinner, seeking life, | |
| At Thy feet shall fall: | |
| Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry, | |
| In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high. | 10 |
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| When the worldling, sick at heart, | |
| Lifts his soul above; | |
| When the prodigal looks back | |
| To His Father’s love; | |
| When the proud man, in his pride, | 15 |
| Stoops to seek Thy face; | |
| When the burdened brings his guilt | |
| To Thy throne of grace; | |
| Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry, | |
| In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high. | 20 |
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| When the stranger asks a home, | |
| All his toils to end; | |
| When the hungry craveth food, | |
| And the poor a friend; | |
| When the sailor on the wave | 25 |
| Bows the fervent knee: | |
| When the soldier on the field | |
| Lifts his heart to Thee: | |
| Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry, | |
| In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high. | 30 |
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| When the man of toil and care | |
| In the city crowd; | |
| When the shepherd on the moor | |
| Names the name of God; | |
| When the learnèd and the high, | 35 |
| Tired of earthly fame, | |
| Upon higher joys intent, | |
| Name the blessèd Name: | |
| Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry, | |
| In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high. | 40 |
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| When the child, with grave fresh lip | |
| Youth, or maiden fair; | |
| When the agèd, weak and grey, | |
| Seek Thy face in prayer; | |
| When the widow weeps to Thee, | 45 |
| Sad and lone and low; | |
| When the orphan brings to Thee | |
| All his orphan-woe: | |
| Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry, | |
| In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high. | 50 |
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| When creation, in her pangs, | |
| Heaves her heavy groan; | |
| When Thy Salem’s exiled sons | |
| Breathe their bitter moan; | |
| When Thy widowed, weeping Church | 55 |
| Looking for a home, | |
| Sendeth up her silent sigh— | |
| “Come, Lord Jesus, come:” | |
| Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry | |
| In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high. | 60 | | | |
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