The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12678

12678. Children of God, Renounce Your Fears

1 Children of God, renounce your fears,
Lo! Jesus for your help appears,
And kindly speaks as He draws nigh,
"Be not afraid, for it is I."

2 When in the awful tempest tost,
You feel your strength and courage lost,
And mighty waves roll o’er your head,
Your Lord is near, be not afraid.

3 When mournful tidings come from far,
Or nations raise tumultuous war,
And wide their devastation spread,
Yet He is near, be not afraid.

4 The famine, pestilence and sword,
Are all obedient to His word;
He, riding on the stormy sky,
Says, "Fear ye not, for it is I."

5 When earthly joys are from you torn,
Or when, with heartfelt grief you mourn,
To see your dear relations dead,
Yet Jesus lives, be not afraid.

6 When fierce disease attacks your frame,
Your Savior’s love is still the same;
In death’s dark shade you need not fear
For Jesus will be with you there.

7 When stars are from their orbits hurled,
And flames consume the guilty world,
E’en then your judge will smiling cry,
"Be not afraid, for it is I."

Text Information

• First Line: Children of God, renounce your fears
• Title: Children of God, Renounce Your Fears
• Author: John Fawcett
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: A Brief Supplement to the Psalms and Hymns of Isaac Watts 2nd ed. (London: Adam Taylor, 1816)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: BAIM by Lowell Mason, BERA by John E. Gould, BROOKFIELD by Thomas B. Southgate

Tune Information

• Name: CANONBURY
• Composer: Robert Alexander Schumann (1839)
• Meter: LM
• Key: G Major or modal
• Source: Nachtstück, Opus 23, No. 4, 1839
• Copyright: Public Domain