636    8.8.6.     W. Gadsby
The Sabbath. Heb. 4. 8-11; Exod. 31. 15

1 The Sabbath was a day of rest;
  The day the Lord Jehovah blest;
  A lively type of Christ;
  The labouring poor may venture here;
  The guilty banish all their fear,
  And lean on Jesus’ breast.

2 When foes without, and foes within,
  Wrath, law, and Satan, guilt and sin,
  The child of God molest;
  Fatigued with sin, distressed with fear,
  He enters into Christ, and there
  He finds a settled rest.

3 Jesus is Zion’s only rest;
  Thrice happy is the man, and blest,
  That into him believes;
  His six days’ toil is finished then;
  His slavish fear for ever gone;
  By faith in Christ he lives.

4 [A precious resting-place indeed;
  Whatever weary pilgrims need
  Is richly treasured here.
  Here sinners may commune with God,
  And drink full draughts of heavenly love,
  Nor death nor danger fear.]

5 O may I ever rest in him,
  And never, never stray again,
  Nor after strangers roam;
  Dear Jesus, fix my roving heart,
  Nor ever let me from thee start,
  Till thou shalt take me home.