Hymn
Sweetly Resting
In the rifted Rock I'm resting,
Safely sheltered I abide;
There no foes nor storms molest me,
While within the cleft I hide.
Now I'm resting, sweetly resting,
In the cleft once made for me;
Jesus, blessed Rock of Ages,
I will hide myself in Thee.
Long pursued by sin and Satan,
Weary, sad, I long'd for rest;
Then I found this heav'nly shelter,
Open'd in my Saviour's breast.
Peace, which passeth understanding,
Joy, the world can never give,
Now in Jesus I am finding;
In His smiles of love I live.
In the rifted Rock I'll hide me,
Till the storms of life are past,
All secure in this blest refuge,
Heeding not the fiercest blast.
Sweetly Resting — Text from The Gospel Awakening, 1888. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/sweetly-resting
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Sweetly Resting?
The words of Sweetly Resting were written by Mary D. James; the version here was published in 1888. The library also holds All for Jesus!, another hymn by Mary D. James.
Is Sweetly Resting public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Gospel Awakening, published in 1888. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.