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In every [all my] trouble, sharp and strong

In every [all my] trouble, sharp and strong

Author: John Killinghall
Published in 65 hymnals

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Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1. In all my troubles, sharp and long,
[Or, In every trouble, sharp and strong]
My soul to Jesus flies;
My anchor-hold is firm on Him,
When swelling billows rise.

2. His comforts bear my spirits up,
I trust a faithful God;
The sure foundation of my hope
Is in a Savior’s blood.

3. Loud alleluias sing, my soul,
To Thy Redeemer’s name;
In joy, in sorrow, life and death,
His love is still the same.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #2954

Author: John Killinghall

Killinghall, John. The date of his birth is unknown. He was admitted pastor of a congregation at Beccles, Suffolk, Oct. 13, 1697. Through some indiscretion of conduct he retired from the ministry for a time. Subsequently, about 1702, he became the pastor of the Congregational Church, Southwark, then meeting in Deadman's Place (the Church of the Pilgrim Fathers). He died Jan. 1740. His memoir is included in the Brief Record of the Independent Church at Beccles, 1838, by S. W. Rix. (Miller's Singers & Songs, 1869, p. 156.) His hymn:— In all my troubles, sharp and long (Joy in Affliction) appeared in the Life of Faith exemplified and recommended in a Letter found in the Study of the Rev. Joseph Belcher, late of Dedham, in New England, sin… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: In every [all my] trouble, sharp and strong
Author: John Killinghall
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

WEST (Hastings)


ADULLAM (Dayhoff)


MARTYRDOM (Wilson)

MARTYRDOM was originally an eighteenth-century Scottish folk melody used for the ballad "Helen of Kirkconnel." Hugh Wilson (b. Fenwick, Ayrshire, Scotland, c. 1766; d. Duntocher, Scotland, 1824) adapted MARTYRDOM into a hymn tune in duple meter around 1800. A triple-meter version of the tune was fir…

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The Cyber Hymnal #2954

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