26*. I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say

C.M.D.
by H. Bonar
1
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.
“Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28)
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.” (Matthew 11:29)
“Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.” (Psalm 4:7)
2
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
 
Of that life-giving stream;
 
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
 
And now I live in Him.
“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14)
“In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.” (John 7:37)
“I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)
3
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 looked to Jesus, and I found
 
In Him my Star, my Sun;
 
And in that light of life I’ll walk
 
Till traveling days are done.
“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.” (John 8:12)
“I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.” (Revelation 22:16)
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.” (1 John 1:7)
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