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My Purchased Files| 7231 | The Cyber Hymnal#7232 | 7233 |
| Text: | We Rest on Thee |
| Author: | Edith G. Cherry |
| Tune: | FINLANDIA |
| Composer: | Jean Sibelius |
| Media: | MIDI file |
7232. We Rest on Thee
1. We rest on Thee, our shield and our defender!
We go not forth alone against the foe;
Strong in Thy strength, safe in Thy keeping tender,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy name we go.
Strong in Thy strength, safe in Thy keeping tender,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy name we go.
2. Yes, in Thy name, O Captain of salvation!
In Thy dear name, all other names above;
Jesus our righteousness, our sure foundation,
Our prince of glory and our king of love.
Jesus our righteousness, our sure foundation,
Our prince of glory and our king of love.
3. We go in faith, our own great weakness feeling,
And needing more each day Thy grace to know:
Yet from our hearts a song of triumph pealing,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy name we go.
Yet from our hearts a song of triumph pealing,
We rest on Thee, and in Thy name we go.
4. We rest on Thee, our shield and our defender!
Thine is the battle, Thine shall be the praise;
When passing through the gates of pearly splendor,
Victors, we rest with Thee, through endless days.
When passing through the gates of pearly splendor,
Victors, we rest with Thee, through endless days.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | We rest on Thee, our shield and our defender |
| Title: | We Rest on Thee |
| Author: | Edith G. Cherry (ca. 1895) |
| Meter: | 11.10.11.10.11.10 |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Notes: | This hymn has a sad story associated with it. In January 1956, five missionaries sang it before entering the Ecuadorian jungle to bring the Gospel to the Auca Indians. They were Nate Saint, Ed McCully, Jim Elliott, Roger Yoderian, & Peter Fleming. After the men reached the Aucas, the Indians murdered them on the Curaray River. However, the story has a happy ending. Years later, contact with the Aucas was re-established, and many came to Christ, including the killers, which is how first hand details of the missionaries' deaths came to light. One of the best known of the five martyrs was Jim Elliot. A number of his sayings are still quoted (e.g., He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep, to gain what he cannot lose). Elliot's wife Elisabeth went on to considerable fame as an author and radio broadcaster. Her book "Through the Gates of Splendor" describes the encounter with the Aucas; its title comes from a line in this hymn. |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | FINLANDIA |
| Composer: | Jean Sibelius (1899) |
| Meter: | 11.10.11.10.11.10 |
| Incipit: | 32343 23122 33234 |
| Key: | F Major |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
| Media | |
|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat image: |  Adobe Acrobat image(Cyber Hymnal) |
| MIDI file: |  MIDI File(Cyber Hymnal) |
| Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer score (Cyber Hymnal) |
| XML score: | XML score |
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