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Text: | What means this sadness |
Tune: | WHAT MEANS THIS SADNESS |
Composer: | S. W. |
1 O! my soul, what means this sadness,
Wherefore art thou thus cast down?
Let thy grief be turn'd to gladness,
Bid thy restless fears be gone;
Look to Jesus,
Look to Jesus,
Put thy trust in him alone,
Put thy trust in him alone.
2 What though Satan's strong temptations
Vex thy spirit day by day;
And thy sinful inclinations
Often fill thee with dismay;
Thou shalt conquer,
Faith in Christ shall win the day.
3 Though ten thousand ills beset thee,
Fiends without and foes within:
Jesus never will forget thee,
He will save thee from all sin;
He is faithful,
None shall find his promise vain.
4 Though afflictions now attend thee,
And thou treadest a thorny road;
His right-hand shall still defend thee,
He will bring thee home to God:
Therefore praise him;
Travelling to his blest abode.
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First Line: | O! my soul, what means this sadness |
Title: | What means this sadness |
Publication Date: | 1845 |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WHAT MEANS THIS SADNESS |
Composer: | S. W. |
Meter: | P. M. |
Key: | D Major |
Notes: | *Select Melodies, Hymns 8, 52, 198 and 226. |