DOES THE GOSPEL WORD PROCLAIM.
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Does the Gospel word proclaim Rest for those that weary be? Then, my soul put in thy claim— Sure that promise speaks to thee! Marks of grace I cannot show, All polluted is my best; But I weary am, I know, And the weary long for rest. Burdened with a load of sin, Harassed with tormenting doubt, Hourly conflicts from within, Hourly crosses from without;— All my little strength is gone, Sink I must without supply; Sure upon the earth is none Can more weary be than I. In the ark the weary dove Found a welcome resting-place; Thus my spirit longs to prove Rest in Christ, the Ark of grace. Tempest-tossed I long have been, And the flood increases fast; Open, Lord, and take me in, Till the storm be overpast! —Newton.