Scripture Verse

Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

Introduction

Words: Su­san R. Del­mar­ter, in The Gos­pel Hymn Book, by Da­ni­el B. Tow­ner (Day­ton, Ohio: Lo­renz Pub­lish­ing, 1903), num­ber 99.

Music: On­tar­io James E. Del­mar­ter (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Su­san or James Del­mar­ter (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

The sky above was cloud­less,
The sun shone clear and bright,
The world seemed full of glad­ness,
And birds sang with de­light;
But soon the sky grew gloomy,
Dark sha­dows I could see,
Ere long I heard a whis­per,
Come clos­er, child, to Me.

Refrain

Come, oh, come, thou trou­bled one,
For re­fuge come to Me!
Come, oh come,
the Sav­ior pleads,
Come clos­er, child to Me!

I knew it was the Sav­ior,
And quick ran to His side,
And there in sweet sub­mis­sion
Securely did abide;
But still the sky grew dark­er,
Till light I scarce could see;
Again I heard the whis­per,
Come clos­er, child, to Me.

Refrain

I then gave all to Je­sus,
And leaned up­on His breast;
He filled my soul with sweet peace,
And gave me per­fect rest;
And now, tho’ storms are rag­ing,
My heart from fear is free,
For I be­long to Je­sus,
And He be­longs to me.

Refrain