A pastor who o’relooks the rest
Should for his fellow-labourers care,
Nor tempt the weak, by toils opprest,
With burthens more than they can bear;
He should not urge the strong t’ exert
Their utmost powers with restless zeal,
But weigh their needs with pitying heart,
And all their nature’s weakness feel.
A pastor who o’erlooks the rest
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Come ye yourselves into a desart place, and rest a while.’—[Mark 6,] v. 31.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Mark.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/574, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 499.
Publishing: Public Domain