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6922. Trust and Obey

1. When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will, He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

Refrain
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

2. Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey. [Refrain]

3. Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey. [Refrain]

4. But we never can prove the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey. [Refrain]

5. Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet.
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way.
What He says we will do, where He sends we will go;
Never fear, only trust and obey. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word
Title: Trust and Obey
Author: John Henry Sammis (1887)
Refrain First Line: Trust and obey, for there's no other way
Language: English
Source: Hymns Old and New (Chicago, Illinois: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1887)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: [In 1886,] Mr. [Dwight] Moo­dy was con­duct­ing a ser­ies of meet­ings in Brock­ton, Mass­a­chu­setts, and I had the plea­sure of sing­ing for him there. One night a young man rose in a tes­ti­mo­ny and said, "I am not quite sure…but I am go­ing to trust, and I am go­ing to obey." I just jot­ted that sen­tence down, and sent it with the lit­tle story to the Rev. J. H. Sam­mis, a Pres­by­ter­i­an min­is­ter. He wrote the hymn, and the tune was born. Daniel Towner
Tune Information
Name: [When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word]
Composer: Daniel Brink Towner
Incipit: 12332 11355 43334
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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