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Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.

By Hymns of Faith and Hope. III. “When the weary, seeking rest”

Horatius Bonar (1808–1889)

WHEN the weary, seeking rest,

To Thy goodness flee;

When the heavy-laden cast

All their load on Thee;

When the troubled, seeking peace,

On Thy Name shall call;

When the sinner, seeking life,

At Thy feet shall fall:

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,

In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

When the worldling, sick at heart,

Lifts his soul above;

When the prodigal looks back

To His Father’s love;

When the proud man, in his pride,

Stoops to seek Thy face;

When the burdened brings his guilt

To Thy throne of grace;

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,

In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

When the stranger asks a home,

All his toils to end;

When the hungry craveth food,

And the poor a friend;

When the sailor on the wave

Bows the fervent knee:

When the soldier on the field

Lifts his heart to Thee:

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,

In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

When the man of toil and care

In the city crowd;

When the shepherd on the moor

Names the name of God;

When the learnèd and the high,

Tired of earthly fame,

Upon higher joys intent,

Name the blessèd Name:

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,

In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

When the child, with grave fresh lip

Youth, or maiden fair;

When the agèd, weak and grey,

Seek Thy face in prayer;

When the widow weeps to Thee,

Sad and lone and low;

When the orphan brings to Thee

All his orphan-woe:

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry,

In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.

When creation, in her pangs,

Heaves her heavy groan;

When Thy Salem’s exiled sons

Breathe their bitter moan;

When Thy widowed, weeping Church

Looking for a home,

Sendeth up her silent sigh—

“Come, Lord Jesus, come:”

Hear then, in love, O Lord, the cry

In heaven, Thy dwelling-place on high.