There remaineth…a rest to the people of God.
Hebrews 4:9
Words: John Newton, Olney Hymns (London: W. Oliver, 1779), Book 3, number 98.
Music: Camp Sakima Joshua Gill, 1891 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Gill (head-and-shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
We seek a rest beyond the skies,
In everlasting day;
Through floods and flames the passage lies,
But Jesus guards the way:
The swelling flood, and raging flame,
Hear and obey His word;
Then let us triumph in His name,
Our Savior is the Lord.