Rest if You Will

O why are you cling­ing to earth’s fad­ing flow­ers

Tho’ frag­rant its blos­soms and love­ly its bow­ers?

The cold breath of win­ter will sweep them away

Then why from your fa­ther­land

O why will you stay?

Why will you stay? Je­sus calls you to­day

Your poor ach­ing hearts for rest are long­ing still

And yet in His mer­cy you may rest if you will.

O why are you dream­ing of hopes that are frail

That die like the leaf­let when tossed by the gale?

The heart’s wea­ry long­ings the world can­not still

And yet in the Sav­ior you may rest if you will.

O why are you slight­ing the voice of the Lord

Refusing to fol­low His life giv­ing Word?

No love like the Sav­ior’s your lone hearts can fill

That love is in­vit­ing you to rest if you will.

O why are you wait­ing when time flies apace?

Take heed that ye spurn not God’s mes­sage of grace;

O trust not the plea­sures that charm to de­ceive

But come to the Sav­ior and

rep­ent­ing

be­lieve.