Verse 1

My soul in sad exile was out on life’s sea,

So burden’d with sin and distress’d

Till I heard a sweet voice saying,

“Make me your choice;”

And I entered the “Haven of Rest.”

Verse 2

I yield myself to His tender embrace,

And faith taking hold of the word,

My fetters fell off, and I anchor’d my soul;

The “Haven of Rest” is my Lord.

Verse 3

The song of my soul, since the Lord made me

whole,

Has been the old story so blest,

Of Jesus, who’ll save whosoever will have

A home in the “Haven of Rest.”

Verse 4

How precious the thought that we all may recline,

Like John, the beloved and blest,

On Jesus’ strong arm, where no tempest can

harm,

Secure in the “Haven of Rest.”

Verse 5

Oh, come to the Saviour, He patiently waits

To save by His power divine;

Come, anchor your soul in the “Haven of Rest,”

And say, “My beloved is Mine.”