The Cyber Hymnal ‎#13293

13293. I Come To Thee

1 Just as a little tired child
Seeks rest upon its mother’s knee,
Worn out with care and striving oft,
Dear Lord, I come to Thee:
Worn out with care and striving oft,
Dear Lord, I come to Thee.

2 From all my worldly cares, my sins,
How tempted am I oft to flee;
So with the grievous, heavy load,
Dear Lord, I come to Thee:
So with the grievous, heavy load,
Dear Lord, I come to Thee.

3 For if Thou dost not take away
The sting, the pain, the misery,
Thou yet will help me bear them all,
Dear Lord, I come to Thee:
Thou yet will help me bear them all,
Dear Lord, I come to Thee.

4 If best for me—Thou knowest best—
I know that Thou wilt hear my plea,
Wilt bear my burdens, give me rest,
Dear Lord, I come to Thee:
Wilt bear my burdens, give me rest,
Dear Lord, I come to Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Just as a little tired child
• Title: I Come To Thee
• Author: Fannie J. Newman
• Meter: CM repeat
• Language: English
• Source: The Royal Fountain No. 3, by John Sweney and William J. Kirkpatrick (Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1882)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Some hymnals show the lyricist as Merle Murrie, Newman's pseudonym

Tune Information

• Name: MEDIOLANUM
• Composer: John Robson Sweney (1882)
• Meter: CM repeat
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain