SDA Hymns – I Saw One Weary (Guitar)

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Words by Anne R. Smith Music by George Coles SDA Hymnal (1985) Hymn #441 SDA Hymnal (1941) Hymn #371 [Verse 1]
G                D7
[tab]     G                 D7
With eager steps press on the way,

    G                 D7
Who long the hallowed cross had born,

      G       C       G  D     G
Still looking for the promised day;

G                    D7
While many a line of grief and care,

 G       D    Em  D
Upon his brow was furrowed there;

  G                     D   D7
I asked what buoyed his spirits up,

   G          C       G    D  G
“O this” said he-“the blessed hope.”
[Verse 2]
G                   D7
And one I saw, with sword and shield,

    G                 D7
Who boldly braved the world’s cold frown,

    G                   D7
And fought, unyielding, on the field,

   G      C     G    D   G
To win an ev-er-last-ing crown.

G                        D7
Though worn with toil, oppressed by foes,

   G      D    Em  D
No murmur from his heart arose;

  G                     D   D7
I asked what buoyed his spirits up,

   G           C       G    D  G
“O this!” said he-“the blessed hope.”
[Verse 3]
G                     D7
And there was one who left behind

    G                    D7
The cherished friends of early years,

    G                D7
And honor, pleasure, wealth re-signed,

   G         C        G   D    G
To tread the path bedewed with tears.

G                       D7
Through trials deep and conflict sore,

    G       D     Em D
Yet still a smile of joy he wore;

   G                 D   D7
O! what can bouy the spirit up?

     G      C         G    D  G
‘Tis this a-lone--the blessed hope.
[Verse 4]
G                      D7
While pilgrims here we journey on

   G                 D7
In this dark vale of sin and gloom,

        G            D7
Through tribulation, hate, and scorn,

   G           C        G  D   G
Or through the por-tals of the tomb,

G                  D7
Till our returning King shall come

   G        D Em  D
To take His exile captives home,

   G                 D   D7
O! what can buoy the spirits up?

     G      C          G    D  G
‘Tis this a-lone – the blessed hope.