I Heard The Voice Of Jesus Say - as performed by Jack Marti

I recorded this song back in 2001 as part of my Mountain Moving project. I love the melody of this song, so much, in fact, that I thought it needed an extra verse, so I added one! Here's hoping this song ministers to others as much as it has to me.

Despite his intimidating name and physical appearance, Horatius Bonar (1808-89) was a great lover of children and was concerned about how little the children understood of the metrical Psalms that were sung in the Scottish church of his day. "I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say" was one of the over 600 hymns he wrote to address the needs of the churches he served.

I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down,
Thy head upon My breast."
I came to Jesus as I was,
Weary and worn and sad;
I found in Him a resting-place,
And He has made me glad.

I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Behold, I freely give
The living water; thirsty one,
Stoop down and drink and live."
I came to Jesus, and I drank
Of that life-giving stream.
My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
And now I live in Him.

I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"I am this dark world's Light.
Look unto Me; thy morn shall rise
And all thy day be bright."
I looked to Jesus, and I found
In Him my Star, my Sun;
And in that Light of Life I'll walk
Till all my journey's done.

{Here's the verse I added...}

I heard the voice of Jesus say,
"Though your sins be black as night,
If you'll trust in Me to cleanse your soul
I will give you a robe of light.,"
I trusted in His power to save;
And I gave Him all of my heart.
Now He's my Savior and my Lord
And from His side I'll never part.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Celtic
• gospel
• hymn
• Christian
• Jesus
• song
• music
• guitar

[Fstpicker]

Love it, Jack! Reminds me of the way the Wedgewood Trio used to do it with Del Delker, which I also loved.

[guitmartiman]

@Fstpicker I like the Wedgwood Trio, so I don't mind the comparison. However, I didn't know they did this song! I'd love to hear it by them.

[eapiano87]

Such a pretty song! God has truly blessed you with the gift of music! Blessings from Canada :)

[guitmartiman]

@eapiano87 Thank you! Blessings on you!

[thewordlives]

beautiful. thanks for that extra verse..it's fantastic and good message.

blessings and smiles, just me

[guitmartiman]

@thewordlives You're welcome! I'm glad it made you smile. I feel as though I'm answering the purpose for which I was created when I am an encouragement and blessing to others.

[guitmartiman]

@qwertysonic Thank you! It's always a risk to add verses to a well-known song because you never know who you might offend! In your case, since you'd never heard the song before, I guess it was okay!

[qwertysonic]

I just listened to this twice, I had never heard it before. You did a great job on it Jack, and the last verse you added fits in perfectly. It's always a blessing to hear from you.

[guitmartiman]

@benzion888 Thanks, Peter! :-)

[benzion888]

love it