Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
Words: Katharyn D. Bacon, in Truth and Hope, by Alfred E. Helton et al. (Lenoir, North Carolina: Teachers’ Music Publishing, 1919), number 17.
Music: Ocooee Alfred Reneau (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Reneau (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Bacon,
Repentant and weary of sin,
I’m longing salvation to win;
Surrend’ring my all, I answer Thy call,
I’m coming, dear Savior, to Thee.
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Believing each promise divine,
The world and its ways I resign;
My guilt I confess, oh! pardon and bless,
I’m coming, dear Savior, to Thee!
No longer sin’s pleasures can charm,
Or thoughts of Thy vengeance alarm;
I’ll trust in Thy love, my guilt to remove,
I’m coming, dear Savior, to Thee.
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From perils and sorrow of night,
To safety and peace and delight,
Confessing Thy name, each promise I claim,
I’m coming, dear Savior, to Thee.
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No more from Thy guidance I’ll stray,
But walk in Thy footsteps each day;
With gladness untold, to enter Thy fold,
I’m coming, dear Savior, to Thee.
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