{"id":12541,"date":"2022-04-12T01:00:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T05:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ronniebrown.net\/?p=12541"},"modified":"2022-04-07T09:35:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T13:35:49","slug":"the-unsung-hymns-podcast-10-ah-my-heart-is-heavy-laden-weary-and-oppressed-by-st-stephen-of-mar-sabas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ronniebrown.net\/index.php\/2022\/04\/12\/the-unsung-hymns-podcast-10-ah-my-heart-is-heavy-laden-weary-and-oppressed-by-st-stephen-of-mar-sabas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Unsung Hymns Podcast – 10 – \u201cAh My Heart is Heavy Laden, Weary and Oppressed\u201d by St. Stephen of Mar Sabas"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Hymn entitled \u201cAh My Heart is Heavy Laden, Weary and Oppressed\u201d originally by St. Stephen of Mar Sabas (725-794), translation into English by John Mason Neale was an English Anglican priest, scholar and hymn writer (1818-1866).<\/span><\/p>\n

The music for this reading is \u201cRainbow<\/a>\u201d by Borrtex<\/a> and was adapted for length under a Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC 4.0)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ah, my heart is heavy-laden,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Weary and oppressed!<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cCome to me,\u201d saith One, \u201cand coming,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Be at rest, be at rest.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hath he marks to lead me to him,<\/span>
\n<\/span>If he be my guide?<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cIn his feet and hands are wound-prints,<\/span>
\n<\/span>And his side, and his side.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Is there diadem, as monarch,<\/span>
\n<\/span>That his brow adorns?<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cYes, a crown in very surety,<\/span>
\n<\/span>But of thorns, but of thorns!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If I find him, if I follow,<\/span>
\n<\/span>What’s my portion here?<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cMany a sorrow, many a conflict,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Many a tear, many a tear.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If I still hold closely to him,<\/span>
\n<\/span>What have I at last?<\/span>
\n<\/span>Sorrow vanquished, labor ended,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Jordan past, Jordan past!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If I ask him to receive me,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Will he say me nay?<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cNot till earth and not till heaven<\/span>
\n<\/span>Pass away, pass away!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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