Oh, the Rest of simply trusting!
Yielded to my Father's will,
In His loving arms enfolded,
Just to trust Him, and be still.
Rest from toiling, rest from bearing;
Rest beneath the midday sky;
Trusting Jesus, leaning on Him,
Truest, sweetest rest have I!
Oh, the Peace of simply trusting!
Perfect peace, full, deep, serene,
Like an endless river flowing
With an ever-brightening sheen.
Peace in conflict, peace in trial,
Peace, while tempests o'er me sweep;
'Mid the fiercest, wildest tumults,
Christ my soul in peace will keep.
Oh, the Joy of simply trusting!
Is there joy can equal this?
Calm delight and holy gladness,
Foretaste of the coming bliss!
Joy, though sorrows dark enshroud me;
Joy, though doubts and fears assail;
Joy in deepest tribulation,
Trusting Him who ne'er can fail.
Trusting! oh, who would not trust Him,
When He gives rewards like these?
Rest complete, and joy unending,
Fullest pardon, perfect peace!
Trust Him:-this is all the secret;
Take Him simply at His word:
Trust Him only, trust Him wholly,
Christ, thy Saviour and thy Lord!
L. B.