4: The Cost of Rest – Singing with Inspiration

Rest. The word used most frequently in our Sabbath School Lesson pamphlet this quarter. “Thou shalt rest, Thou shalt rest!” These are words repeated each verse of
Hymn 387 – Come, O Sabbath Day, our theme hymn for this quarter.

There Is a Place of Quiet Rest
Near to the Heart of God – Hymn 495 opens our singing this week from the very first sentence on Sabbath afternoon’s introduction to this weeks’ study. This is followed by
Hymn 503 – A Quiet Place.

For the “Worn and Weary”,
Hymn 370 – Christ for the World shows in verse 1 that Christ heals. The weary one is sung about in
Hymn 441 – I Saw One Weary. Further worn out people are sung of in
Hymn 453 – We Have Heard and
Hymn 465 – I Heard the Voice of Jesus. It is then that in
Hymn 626 – In a Little While We’re Going Home we see the wayworn feet find the rest beyond……in that City bright and fair.

Just as King David was given his “Wake-Up Call”, so we can wake up in singing
Hymn 611 – Awake, My Soul.

King David confessed his sins. We can see this in
Hymn 49 – Savior, Breathe an Evening Blessing and then know and feel the forgiveness in
Hymn 187 – Jesus What a Friend For Sinners. The result is seeing
The Cleansing Wave – Hymn 332 as in King David’s reference to cleansing with hyssop. The request of joy and gladness is then granted –
Hymn 27 – Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart! and
Hymn 34 – Wake the Song of Joy and Gladness.

We can be very thankful for the
Marvelous Grace – Hymn 109 in which there is pardon and cleansing – 1 John 1:9.

To learn unknown hymns, you will find the accompaniment music for each one at: https://sdahymnals.com/Hymnal/

Another great resource is for when there is a hymn you wish to sing, but can’t find it in your hymnal. Go to https://www.sdahymnal.org and in the search bar type a special word in that is in the hymn. I am sure you will be amazed at the help you will be given.

2 Timothy 2:15 KJV – “Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

Amen!