Please give today to support Hymnary.org during one of only two fund drives we run each year. Each month, Hymnary serves more than 1 million users from around the globe, thanks to the generous support of people like you, and we are so grateful.

Tax-deductible donations can be made securely online using this link.

Alternatively, you may write a check to CCEL and mail it to:
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, 3201 Burton SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

I'll Say the Great Word

Add to Starred Hymns

How often I've pondered my struggles within

Author: D. S. Warner
Tune: [How often I've pondered my struggles within] (Byers 55123)
Published in 7 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 How often I’ve pondered my struggles within,
Between the good Spirit and indwelling sin,
A foe in the temple not subject to God;
But now I am free through the wonderful blood.

Refrain:
I’ll say the great word, yes, I’ll say the great word;
I’m all on the altar that sanctifies me:
I’ll tell it forever and honor my Lord;
Yes, glory to Jesus! I’ll say the great word.

2 All resting on Jesus, the altar divine,
There can be no failure, salvation is mine;
Though Satan should whisper, “It may not be so,”
I’ll testify stronger, I’m whiter than snow. [Refrain]

3 My feelings are given to Father’s control,
His wisdom shall govern my body and soul;
His word is sufficient, I seek not a sign,
I grasp but the promise, and Jesus is mine. [Refrain]

4 The tide of emotion may run as it will,
The Son and the Father abide in me still;
I dare not confide in a rapturous frame,
But stand on the promise forever the same. [Refrain]

5 All nature may perish, the heavens may fall,
But Jesus is ever my all and in all;
Creation may crumble to chaos and dust,
In God my salvation securely I trust. [Refrain]

Author: D. S. Warner

Warner, Daniel Sidney. (near Marshallville, Wayne County, Ohio, 1842--1895). Church of God. Reared on an Ohio farm. During the Civil War, he substituted for a brother. Later he taught school. He attended Oberlin College briefly in 1865. By 1867 he was licensed to preach by the Western Ohio Eldership of the Church of God (Winebrennerian). His experience in preaching was gained on circuits in Nebraska and Ohio. In 1874 he was in trouble with the Eldership for preaching entire sanctification. Soon he joined the Indiana Eldership. In 1881 he was in trouble with this Eldership over sectism. Warner was an associate editor of the Herals of Gospel Freedom in 1878. this paper was merged with the Pilgrim about 1881, and the new paper was called th… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: How often I've pondered my struggles within
Title: I'll Say the Great Word
Author: D. S. Warner
Meter: 11.11.11.11 D
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I'll say the great word, yes
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

[How often I've pondered my struggles within] (Byers 55123)[How often I've pondered my struggles within] (Byers 51333)[How often I've pondered my struggles within] (Warner)Highcharts.com
Frequency of use
[How often I've pondered my struggles within] (Byers 55123)


[How often I've pondered my struggles within] (Byers 51333)


[How often I've pondered my struggles within] (Warner)


Timeline

Appearance of this hymn in hymnals1890190019101920193019401950196019701980050100Percent of hymnalsHighcharts.com

Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
Page Scan

Anthems from the Throne #119

Page Scan

Echoes from Glory #192

Page Scan

Evening Light Songs #299

Page Scan

Salvation Echoes #193

Page Scan

Select Hymns #463

Page Scan

Songs of Victory #88

TextAudio

Timeless Truths #929

Exclude 5 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us
It looks like you are using an ad-blocker. Ad revenue helps keep us running. Please consider white-listing Hymnary.org or getting Hymnary Pro to eliminate ads entirely and help support Hymnary.org.