Words: , Hymns and Sac­red Po­ems, 1740. The orig­in­al hymn had 17 stan­zas; the words below are verses 1, 2, 10 & 11.

Music: Evan, , 1847; ar­ranged by in New Car­mi­na Sacr­a (Bos­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts: 1850).


Lord, I believe a rest remains
To all Thy people known,
A rest where pure enjoyment reigns,
And Thou art loved alone.

A rest where all our soul’s desire
Is fixed on things above;
Where fear, and sin, and grief expire,
Cast out by perfect love.

O that I now the rest might know,
Believe, and enter in!
Now, Savior, now the power bestow,
And let me cease from sin.

Remove this hardness from my heart,
This unbelief remove:
To me the rest of faith impart,
The Sabbath of Thy love.