With tearful eyes I look around

With tearful eyes I look around. Charlotte Elliott* (1789-1871). First published in the 1841 edition of The Invalid’s Hymn Book ( JJ, p. 327). In the 1854 edition, published in Dublin, it was in the first section, ‘Hymns suited to the awakened inquirer, in the time of sickness’. It was preceded by ‘“Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” – Matt. xi. 28.’ It had seven stanzas: With tearful eyes I look around,   Life seems a dark and stormy sea; Yet, ’midst the gloom I hear a sound,   A heavenly whisper, ‘Come to me.’ It tells me of a place of rest –   It tells me where my soul may flee; Oh! to the weary, faint, oppressed,   How sweet the bidding,...