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Thread #57478   Message #904489
Posted By: sharyn
05-Mar-03 - 11:38 PM
Thread Name: Your Favourite Hymn
Subject: RE: Your Favourite Hymn
And from the Anglican or Episcopal hymnal, 1940, I vote for "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say":

I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Come unto me and rest."
"Lay down, thou weary one, lay down, thy head upon my breast."
I came to Jesus as I was: weary and worn and sad.
I found in Him a resting place and He has made me glad.

I heard the voice of Jesus say, "Behold I freely give
The living water, thirsty one: Stoop down and drink and live."
I came to Jesus and I drank from that life-giving stream.
My thirst was quenched, my soul survived and now I live in Him.

I heard the voice of Jesus say, "I am this dark world's light.
"Look unto me, thy morn shall rise and all thy day be bright."
I came to Jesus and I found in Him my star, my sun,
And in that light of life I'll walk 'til travelling days are done.


I'm also partial to "Ah, Holy Jesus," "Remember, O Thou Man" and "I Know a Rose-Tree Springing."