Scripture Verse

Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

Introduction

Words: Ano­ny­mous, in The Bril­liant, ed­it­ed by Will­iam T. Gif­fe (In­di­an­apo­lis, In­di­ana, 1874), num­ber 122. This source states the lyr­ics came from the Guide to Ho­li­ness (not fur­ther ident­ified).

Music: Bre­vard John Fry­bar­ger, 1874 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know the lyr­icist, or where to get a good pic­ture of him or Fry­bar­ger (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Don’t you hear Him sweet­ly call­ing?
Jesus speaks in tone of love;
Hear the tones in ac­cents fall­ing,
Falling from ab­ove.

Refrain

Let us ’round the stand­ard ral­ly,
Je­sus, Je­sus bids us come;
He will lead us through the val­ley,
O’er the river, safe­ly home.

In My Fa­ther’s house in Heav­en
Is pre­pared a place for thee;
Lovely man­sions free­ly giv­en,
Only come and fol­low Me.

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Hear Him plead­ing in the gar­den,
See Him bleed­ing on the cross;
Will you slight the prof­fered par­don?
Can you bear the dread­ful loss?

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Let us climb the ho­ly mount­ain,
Safe from an­ger, sloth and pride;
Linger near the heal­ing fount­ain,
Flowing from Im­man­uel’s side.

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Christians need not be af­flict­ed,
When the night of death shall come
All the pas­sage will be light­ed,
In that blest im­mor­tal home.

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When the sil­ver cord is brok­en,
When our earth­ly home shall fall;
When the last fare­well is spok­en—
Save us, Jesus, save us all.

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