My soul in sad exile was out on life\u2019s sea,
\nSo burdened with sin and distressed,
\nTill I heard a sweet voice, saying, \u201cMake Me your choice\u201d;
\nAnd I entered the \u201cHaven of Rest\u201d!<\/p>\n
Refrain:<\/span><\/strong> I yielded myself to His tender embrace, The song of my soul, since the Lord made me whole, How precious the thought that we all may recline, Oh, come to the Savior, He patiently waits (Henry L. Gilmour)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My soul in sad exile was out on life\u2019s sea, So burdened with sin and distressed, Till I heard a sweet voice, saying, \u201cMake Me your choice\u201d; And I entered the \u201cHaven of Rest\u201d! Refrain: I\u2019ve anchored my soul in the \u201cHaven of Rest,\u201d I\u2019ll sail the wide seas no more; The tempest may sweep over wild, stormy, deep, In Jesus I\u2019m safe evermore. I yielded myself to His tender embrace, In faith taking hold of the Word, My fetters fell off, and I anchored my soul; The \u201cHaven of Rest\u201d is my Lord. The song of my soul, since the Lord made me whole, Has been the old story so blest, Of Jesus, who\u2019ll save whosoever will have A home in the \u201cHaven of Rest.\u201d How precious the thought that we all may recline, Like John, the beloved so blest, On Jesus\u2019 strong arm, where no tempest can harm, Secure in the \u201cHaven of Rest.\u201d Oh, come to the Savior, He patiently waits To save by His power divine; Come, anchor your soul in the \u201cHaven of Rest,\u201d And say, \u201cMy Beloved is mine.\u201d (Henry L. Gilmour)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47,54,59,42,48,15,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comfort","category-contentment","category-gods-love","category-hope","category-peace","category-salvation","category-song"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4o6C2-1G8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6456"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6457,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6456\/revisions\/6457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI\u2019ve anchored my soul in the \u201cHaven of Rest,\u201d<\/strong>
\nI\u2019ll sail the wide seas no more;<\/strong>
\nThe tempest may sweep over wild, stormy, deep,<\/strong>
\nIn Jesus I\u2019m safe evermore.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nIn faith taking hold of the Word,
\nMy fetters fell off, and I anchored my soul;
\nThe \u201cHaven of Rest\u201d is my Lord.<\/p>\n
\nHas been the old story so blest,
\nOf Jesus, who\u2019ll save whosoever will have
\nA home in the \u201cHaven of Rest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nLike John, the beloved so blest,
\nOn Jesus\u2019 strong arm, where no tempest can harm,
\nSecure in the \u201cHaven of Rest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nTo save by His power divine;
\nCome, anchor your soul in the \u201cHaven of Rest,\u201d
\nAnd say, \u201cMy Beloved is mine.\u201d<\/p>\n