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How sweet to trust in Jesus, In the hour of bitter need

How sweet to trust in Jesus, In the hour of bitter need

Author: M. Victor Staley
Tune: [How sweet to trust in Jesus] Gabriel
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 How sweet to trust in Jesus,
I the hour of bitter need;
To walk in peace beside Him,
Wheresoever He may lead.

Chorus:
How sweet to trust in Jesus;
Oh, what joy it doth afford,
confiding in His goodness,
Just relying on His word.

2 How sweet to trust in Jesus,
With our ev'ry doubt and fear.
To know that in the Savior,
We have still a helper near. [Chorus]

3 How sweet to trust in Jesus,
In temptation's trying hour;
To tell Him of our weakness,
And to feel His love and pow'r. [Chorus]

4 How sweet to trust in Jesus,
Whatsoever be our care;
He never will forsake us,
In the hour of deep despair. [Chorus]

Source: The New Praiseworthy: for the Church and Sunday School #21

Author: M. Victor Staley

Staley, M. Victor. (near Omro, Wisconsin, 1866--?). Studied at Lawrence University, 1887-1892; University of Wisconsin (Madison), B.A., 1893; Yale University, Ph.D., ca.1895; admitted to bar, 1900. Practiced, Portland, Oregon. Teacher of Latin and Greek, Palo Alto, California; University of Washington, Seattle; Orchard Lake Military Academy and Louisiana State Normal School. See: Gabriel, Charles H. (1916). Singers and Their Songs. Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company. --Keith C. Clark, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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First Line: How sweet to trust in Jesus, In the hour of bitter need
Author: M. Victor Staley
Copyright: Public Domain

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