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(654) The Believer's Rest.

Lord, I believe a rest remains

To all thy people known;

A rest where pure enjoyment reigns,

And thou art loved alone.

2 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.

3 Oh, that I now the rest might know,

Believe and enter in:

Now, Savior, now the power bestow,

And let me cease from sin.

4 Remove this hardness from my heart;

This unbelief remove:

To me the rest of faith impart--

The Sabbath of thy love.

Charles Wesley.