Come unto me, ye weary

Come unto me, ye weary. William Chatterton Dix* (1837-1889). This hymn appeared in The People’s Hymnal (1867) and in 1875 it was taken into the Second Edition of A&M. Several tunes were used, including COME UNTO ME, which John Bacchus Dykes* wrote to accompany it in A&M. It is said that the hymn was written at a time when Dix was suffering from illness and depression, and that he looked on its composition as the turning-point which led to his recovery. The hymn has much in common with ‘I heard the voice of Jesus say’* by Horatius Bonar*, published in 1846. Each hymn is built around three sayings of Jesus (in varied order), relating to rest for the weary (Matthew 11: 28), the water...