78 | The Hymnal#79 | 80 |
Text: | I look to Thee in every need |
Author: | Rev. Samuel Longfellow |
Tune: | O JESU |
1 I look to Thee in every need,
And never look in vain;
I feel Thy strong and tender love,
And all is well again:
The thought of Thee is mightier far
Than sin and pain and sorrow are.
2 Discouraged in the work of life,
Disheartened by its load,
Shamed by its failures or its fears,
I sink beside the road;
But let me only think of Thee
And then new heart springs up in me.
3 Thy calmness bends serene above,
My restlessness to still;
Around me flows Thy quickening life,
To nerve my faltering will:
Thy presence fills my solitude;
Thy providence turns all to good.
4 Embosomed deep in Thy dear love,
Held in Thy law, I stand;
Thy hand in all things I behold,
And all things in Thy hand;
Thou leadest me by unsought ways,
And turn'st my mourning into praise.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | I look to Thee in every need |
Author: | Rev. Samuel Longfellow (1864) |
Meter: | 8. 6. 8. 6. 8. 8. |
Publication Date: | 1950 |
Topic: | God the Father: His Love and Fatherhood; Aspiration; Calmness(11 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | O JESU |
Meter: | 8. 6. 8. 6. 8. 8. |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Melody in the "Hirschberg Gesangbuch," 1741 |