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Text:Oppressed with noonday's scorching heat
Author:Bonar

709. Oppressed with noonday's scorching heat

1 Oppressed with noonday's scorching heat,
To yonder cross I flee;
Beneath its shelter take my seat:
No shade like this for me!

2 Beneath that cross clear waters burst--
A fountain sparkling free;
And there I quench my desert thirst:
No spring like this for me!

3 A stranger here, I pitch my tent
Beneath this spreading tree;
Here shall my pilgrim life be spent:
No home like this for me!

4 For burdened ones a resting-place
Beside that cross I see;
I here cast off my weariness:
No rest like this for me!

Text Information
First Line: Oppressed with noonday's scorching heat
Author: Bonar
Meter: C. M.
Publication Date: 1873
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: The Christian Life: Honor and Influence; Excellencies of Religion
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