{"id":694,"date":"2015-09-26T03:22:38","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T03:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=694"},"modified":"2015-10-09T00:06:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T00:06:57","slug":"the-haven-of-rest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=694","title":{"rendered":"The Haven of Rest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Long before I was saved, I was attracted to the hymn entitled <em>The Haven of Rest<\/em>. \u00a0I would often sing it to myself as a kid. I loved the tune as it ebbed and crested like the waves of the sea\u00a0it talks about. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Although I did not comprehend the message as a kid, I think the Lord listened to me sing it,\u00a0and smiled at what He had in store for me. \u00a0The words are as follows:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>My soul in sad exile was out on life&#8217;s sea, So burdened with sin and distressed, Till I heard a sweet voice saying &#8220;Make Me your choice,&#8221; And I entered the haven of rest.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>I yielded myself to His tender embrace, And faith taking hold of the Word, My fetters fell off, and I anchored my soul. \u00a0The haven of rest is my Lord.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The song of my soul, since the Lord made me whole, has been the old story so blest, Of Jesus, who&#8217;ll save whosoever will have A home in the haven of rest.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Oh, come to the Saviour, He patiently waits To save by His power divine. \u00a0Come, anchor your soul in the haven of rest, And say, &#8220;My Beloved is mine.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Chorus: I&#8217;ve anchored my soul in the haven of rest. \u00a0I&#8217;ll sail the wide seas no more. The tempest may sweep o&#8217;er the wild stormy deep; In Jesus I&#8217;m safe evermore.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Written by Henry Gilmore, 1837 &#8211; 1920<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. \u00a0For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. \u00a0<\/em>Hebrews 4:9&amp;10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long before I was saved, I was attracted to the hymn entitled The Haven of Rest. \u00a0I would often sing it to myself as a kid. I loved the tune as it ebbed and crested like the waves of the sea\u00a0it talks about. \u00a0 Although I did not comprehend the message as a kid, I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/?p=694\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Haven of Rest<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=694"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":700,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/694\/revisions\/700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leadinghorsestowater.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}