The Cyber Hymnal ‎#11537

11537. Clinging and Resting

1 To the cross I long was clinging,
As a refuge from despair,
Found relief from guilt of sinning,
While I lingered, clinging there;
Still life’s waves and storms assailed me,
Doubts and fears my mind distressed,
And with all the cross availed me,
Clinging gave no perfect rest.

Refrain:
I was clinging, now I’m resting,
Sweetly resting at the cross;
I was clinging, now I’m resting,
Sweetly resting at the cross.

2 To the cross I cling no longer,
Doubts and fears no longer feel;
Faith, and hope, and love are stronger,
Jesus’ blood doth fully heal.
Now my song is not, "I’m clinging";
That to me would now be loss,
When mind, heart and soul are singing,
"I am resting at the cross." [Refrain]

3 My salvation is completed,
Christ, my hope, my life, my light;
Sin, and death, and hell defeated,
Can not now my soul affright.
Heaven seems in blessèd nearness,
And earth’s treasures are as dross,
While, ’mid light of cloudless clearness,
I am resting at the cross. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: To the cross I long was clinging
• Title: Clinging and Resting
• Author: L. B. Carpenter
• Refrain First Line: I was clinging, now I'm resting
• Meter: 87.87.87 D
• Language: English
• Source: The Garner, by John R. Sweney (Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1878)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: TUSCANY
• Composer: Harry Sanders (1887)
• Meter: 87.87.87 D
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Triumphant Songs No. 1 by Edwin O. Excell and Sam P. Jones (Toronto: William Briggs, 1887)
• Copyright: Public Domain