Christ Is the Sunny Side

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My soul secure, no fear I know

Author: Ina Duley Ogdon
Tune: [My soul secure, no fear I know]
Published in 8 hymnals

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1 My soul secure, no fear I know,
With songs of praise I homeward go;
In light unfailing I confide,
In Christ the sunny side.

Refrain:
Christ is the sunny side;
Christ is the sunny side,
Safely he hideth me,
Gently he guideth me,
Christ is the sunny side of life.

2 No matter what my grief or strife,
No matter what the storms of life,
His tender care is ne’er denied,
In Christ the sunny side. [Refrain]

3 The healing water cheers my way,
The living manna greets my day;
My ev’ry need in him supplied,
In Christ the sunny side. [Refrain]

4 Would you from sin and darkness flee?
Would you from pain and death be free;
Then in his shelt’ring love abide,
In Christ the sunny side. [Refrain]

Source: The Old Story in Song #82

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Author: Ina Duley Ogdon

Ogdon, Ina Duley. (Rossville, Illinois, 1872--May 18, 1964, Toledo, Ohio). Disciples of Christ. Granddaughter of a Methodist minister, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Duley. Married James Ogdon. She wrote: "My father went with my mother to her church after his marriage to her, so I was brought up in the church of the Disciples of Christ." She wrote over three thousand hymns, anthems, cantatas, and miscellaneous verse. Her hymns include "Brighten the corner where you are," 1912; "Carry your cross with a smile," 1916; "My Lord abides;" "When you know Jesus too;" "Tell Jesus;" "Lighten the burden for someone;" "I have been saved," Her first hymn was "Open wide the window." Composer Charles Gabriel wrote, "Loved by thousands who… Go to person page >

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First Line:	My soul secure, no fear I know
Title:	Christ Is the Sunny Side
Author:	Ina Duley Ogdon
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Christ is the sunny side
Copyright:	Public Domain