Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

Words: Eleanor G. A. Weber, 1915. Ap­peared in Songs of the Ta­ber­na­cle, ed­it­ed by Nellie Sharpe An­der­son (Belle­fon­taine, Ohio: Ta­ber­na­cle Pub­lish­ing, 1916), num­ber 22, giv­ing the lyr­icist and com­pos­er as Nel­lie Ab­right We­ber.

Music: Ros­tov-on-Don, Eleanor G. A. Weber, 1915 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Web­er (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Is your life so drea­ry, your heart so wea­ry,
Bearing your load of sin?
If you’ll come to Jesus, your friend and Sav­ior,
He’ll give you peace with­in.

Refrain

He is wait­ing go re­ceive you,
Truest friend who loves you best;
Only bring Him your hea­vy load of sin,
And He will give you rest.

Is your soul be­gin­ning to tire of sin­ning,
Groping for truth and life?
If you’ll now re­ceive Him and just be­lieve Him,
Jesus will give you rest.

Refrain

If you’ll cease from stray­ing, His call ob­ey­ing,
Leaving the path of sin,
He will be­side you, His love will guide you,
And keep you pure with­in.

Refrain

He will turn your sad­ness to joy and glad­ness,
If you make Him your guest;
And today’s great sor­row will fade to­mor­row,
For He will give you rest.

Refrain