With a heart full of anxious request

Verse 1

With a heart full of anxious request, Which my Father in heaven bestowed, I wandered alone, and distressed, In search of a quiet abode. Astray and distracted I cried, — Lord, where would'st Thou have me to be? And the voice of the Lamb that had died Said, Come, my beloved, to ME.

Verse 2

I went — for He mightily wins Weary souls to His peaceful retreat — And He gave me forgiveness of sins, And songs that I love to repeat; And oft as my enemies came, My views of His glory to dim, He taught me to trust in His name, And to triumph by leaning on Him.

Verse 3

Made pure by the blood that He shed, My heart in His presence was free; I was hungry and thirsty — He fed; I was sick, and he comforted me; He gave me the blessing complete — The hope that is with me today, And a quiet abode at his feet, That shall not be taken away.