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Text:Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Author:Elisha Albright Hoffman, 1838-1929
Tune:[What a fellowship, what a joy divine]
Composer:Anthony Johnson Showalter, 1858-1924

53. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms

1 What a fellowship, what a joy divine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

Refrain:
Leaning, leaning,
Safe and secure from all alarms;
Leaning, leaning,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

2 Oh, how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
Oh, how bright the path grows from day to day,
Leaning on the everlasting arms. [Refrain]

3 What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
Leaning on the everlasting arms?
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,
Leaning on the everlasting arms. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: What a fellowship, what a joy divine
Title: Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Author: Elisha Albright Hoffman, 1838-1929
Refrain First Line: Leaning, leaning
Language: English
Publication Date: 1981
Topic: Hymns
Tune Information
Name: [What a fellowship, what a joy divine]
Composer: Anthony Johnson Showalter, 1858-1924
Key: A♭ Major



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