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Weariness: Quotations from Burning Words

Jesus, give the weary Calm and sweet repose. With Thy tend'rest blessing May our eyelids close.— S. BARING-GOULD

After all there is a weariness that cannot be prevented. It will come on. The work brings it on. The cross brings it on. Sometimes the very walk with God brings it on, for the flesh is weak; and at such moments we hear softer and sweeter than it ever floated in the wondrous air of Mendelssohn, "O rest in the Lord," for it has the sound of an immortal requiem: "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors."— JAMES HAMILTON

So tired! Lord, Thou wilt come To take me to my home, So long desired : Only Thy grace and mercy send, That I may serve Thee to the end, Though I am tired. There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.