The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6915

6915. Trusting Jesus (Stites)

1. Simply trusting every day,
Trusting through a stormy way;
Even when my faith is small,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.

Refrain
Trusting as the moments fly,
Trusting as the days go by;
Trusting Him whate’er befall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.

2. Brightly does His Spirit shine
Into this poor heart of mine;
While He leads I cannot fall;
Trusting Jesus, that is all. [Refrain]

3. Singing if my way is clear,
Praying if the path be drear;
If in danger for Him call;
Trusting Jesus, that is all. [Refrain]

4. Trusting Him while life shall last,
Trusting Him till earth be past;
Till within the jasper wall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Simply trusting every day
• Title: Trusting Jesus (Stites)
• Author: Edgar Page Stites (1876)
• Refrain First Line: Trusting as the moments fly
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: The lyr­ics first ap­peared as a po­em in a news­pa­per. They were giv­en to Ira Sank­ey’s part­ner Dwight Moo­dy, who asked Sank­ey to write mu­sic for them. "About two years ago," writes a min­is­ter, “I vis­it­ed a wo­man who was suf­fer­ing from an in­cur­a­ble dis­ease; but great as was her ago­ny of bo­dy, her dis­tress of mind was great­er still. One day she said: ‘The fu­ture is so dark, I dare not look for­ward at all.’ “To my quest­ion, ‘Can’t you trust your­self in God’s hands?’ She replied: ‘No, I can’t leave my­self there.’ "I re­peat­ed the hymn, "Simp­ly trust­ing ev­ery day," and es­pe­cial­ly dwelt on the re­frain, "Trust­ing as the mo­ments fly, trust­ing as the days go by." "Ah," she said, "I can trust him this mo­ment; is it like that?" I then sang the hymn to her, and the change that came over her was won­der­ful. She ne­ver lost this trust, and she had the page in her hymn-book turned down, that she might have the hymn read to her. After ma­ny months of in­tense suf­fer­ing she passed away, "simp­ly trust­ing," to the land where there shall be no more pain." Sankey, p. 291

Tune Information

• Name: [Simply trusting every day]
• Composer: Ira David Sankey
• Incipit: 32433 21161 65132
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain