Welcome to Sunday Scripture and Conversation for September 8

Over Black Coffee and Gunpowder Tea

served with 

Pardon and Rest for the Weary Soul

By: Anne Steele

1 Come, weary souls with sin distressed,

Come, and accept the promised rest;

The Saviour’s gracious call obey,

And cast your gloomy fears away.

2 Oppressed with guilt, a painful load,

O, come and spread your woes abroad!

Divine compassion, mighty love,

Will all the painful load remove.

3 Here mercy’s boundless ocean flows,

To cleanse your guilt, and heal your woes;

Pardon, and life, and endless peace;

How rich the gift! how free the grace!

4 Lord, we accept, with thankful hearts,

The hopes thy gracious word imparts;

We come with trembling, yet rejoice,

And bless the kind, inviting voice.

5 Dear Saviour, let thy powerful love

Confirm our faith, our fears remove;

And sweetly influence every breast,

And guide us to eternal rest.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #388

Jerusalem Paintings by an Israeli Artist Alex LevinORIGINAL OIL PAINTING: SUNRISE OVER THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHRE IN THE CHRISTIAN QUARTER OF THE OLD CITY OF JERUSALEM