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Tell it to Jesus in Prayer

If thy life is filled with sorrow

Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Tune: [If thy life is filled with sorrow]
Published in 4 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 If thy life is filled with sorrow,
Tell it to Jesus in prayer;
If there comes no glad tomorrow,
Tell it to Jesus in prayer.

Refrain:
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus;
Tell it to Jesus in prayer;
If there comes no glad tomorrow,
Tell it to Jesus in prayer.

2 If the host of sin surround thee,
Tell it to Jesus in prayer;
If thy heart would gain the vict’ry,
Tell it to Jesus in prayer. [Refrain]

3 Would you have your burden lighter,
Tell it to Jesus in prayer;
Would you have your days grow brighter,
Tell it to Jesus in prayer. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Sovereign Grace #62

Author: Fanny J. Crosby

Pseudonymns: A.V., Mrs. A. E. Andrews, Mrs. E. A. Andrews, Mrs. E. L. Andrews, James L. Black, Henrietta E. Blair, Charles Bruce, Robert Bruce, Leah Carlton, Eleanor Craddock, Lyman G. Cuyler, D.H.W., Ella Dare, Ellen Dare, Mrs. Ellen Douglass, Lizzie Edwards. Miss Grace Elliot, Grace J. Frances, Victoria Frances, Jennie Garnett, Frank Gould, H. D. K., Frances Hope, Annie L. James, Martha J. Lankton [Langton], Grace Lindsey, Maud Marion, Sallie Martin, Wilson Meade, Alice Monteith, Martha C. Oliver, Mrs. N. D. Plume, Kate Smiley, Sallie Smith, J. L. Sterling, John Sterling, Julia Sterling, Anna C. Storey, Victoria Stuart, Ida Scott Taylor, Mary R. Tilden, Mrs. J. B. Thresher, Hope Tryaway, Grace Tureman, Carrie M. Wilson, W.H.D. Frances… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: If thy life is filled with sorrow
Title: Tell it to Jesus in Prayer
Author: Fanny J. Crosby
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus
Copyright: Public Domain

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Notes of Praise #88

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Precious Hymns #181

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Songs of Sovereign Grace #62

Soul-Stirring Songs #d42

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