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SDAH 495

There is a place of quiet rest,
near to the heart of God;
a place where sin cannot molest,
near to the heart of God.

Text

1
There is a place of quiet rest,
near to the heart of God;
a place where sin cannot molest,
near to the heart of God.

Refrain
O Jesus, blest Redeemer,
sent from the heart of God,
hold us who wait before thee
near to the heart of God.

2
There is a place of comfort sweet,
near to the heart of God;
a place where we our Savior meet,
near to the heart of God.

3
There is place a place of full release,
near to the heart of God;
a place where all is joy and peace,
near to the heart of God.

Hymn Info

Biblical Reference
(r) Ps 130:5

Author
Charles B. McAfee (1866-1944)

Metrical Number
C.M. Ref.

Composer
Cleland B. McAfee

Year Composed
1901

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Notes

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Song Leader’s Notes
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We don’t have to be a restless wanderer like Cain. Cain came before God with murmuring and infidelity in his heart in regard to the promised sacrifice and the necessity of the sacrificial offerings. His gifts expressed no penitence for sin. He felt as many now felt that it would be an acknowledgement of weakness to follow the exact plan marked out by God of trusting his salvation wholly to the atonement of the promised Savior. He chose the course of self dependence. He would come in his own merits.” – Ellen G. White, Patriarch and Prophets p. 72. (Lesson 1, 3rd Quarter 2021 -Thursday, A Restless Wanderer, 7/01/2021)

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