When the Weary, Seeking Rest

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 Heav’n

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:

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:

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:

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: