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To Please Jesus

I will not go where I cannot take Jesus

Author: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
Tune: [I will not go where I cannot take Jesus]
Published in 6 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 I will not go where I cannot take Jesus,
Jesus my Savior, my Friend and Guide,
For I should tremble to feel for one moment
That He was absent from my side.

Refrain:
Stay with me, Savior, Keep me, I pray;
Never a moment let me stray,
Help me more often Thy love to remember,
That I may live closer, closer to Thee.

2 I will not do what I know would grieve Jesus,
How could I spurn such a Friend as He?
No! for a lifetime of tenderest devotion
Cannot repay His love to me. [Refrain]

3 I’ll not believe what I cannot tell Jesus,
Nor will I think upon things untrue;
For in the light or the darkness He surely
Knoweth all things we think or do. [Refrain]

4 I’ll do whatever I know will please Jesus,
I will be faithful in ev’rything;
Yes, by the help and the grace that He gives me,
I will be loyal to my King. [Refrain]

Source: Triumphant Songs No.5 #31

Author: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel

Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I will not go where I cannot take Jesus
Title: To Please Jesus
Author: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Stay with me, Savior, keep me, I pray
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Gospel Hymnal #52

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Triumphant Songs No.5 #31

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