Just Lean Upon Jesus

Just lean upon Jesus, He'll help you along

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [Just lean upon Jesus]
Published in 8 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Just lean upon Jesus;
He'll help you along,
And brighten your pathway
With many a song.
Glad songs of rejoicing,
Because he is near,
So mighty to save you,
So willing to cheer.

Chorus:
Just lean upon Jesus,
Dear child of his care;
Just lean upon Jesus,
Your burden he'll share.

2 Just lean upon Jesus;
In service perplexed,
And ask him to show you
The work that comes “next;”
Then simply obeying,
Results leave with him;
His arm is unfailing,
His eye never dim. [Chorus]

3 Just lean upon Jesus;
And bring ev'ry care,
Tho’ trifling or heavy,
To him who hears pray'r.
He tells you so kindly
In him to confide,
O trust him most fully,
There's joy at his side. [Chorus]

4 Just lean upon Jesus
When troubles dismay;
He counts ev'ry footstep
That leads up to Day.
So near “the Beloved”
No ill need affright;
The valley of shadow,
His presence makes bright. [Chorus]

Source: Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #121

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt

Pseudonym: Li­die H. Ed­munds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Just lean upon Jesus, He'll help you along
Title: Just Lean Upon Jesus
Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Just lean upon Jesus
Copyright: Public Domain

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Devotional Songs #156

Kingdom Songs No. 2 #d118

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Pentecostal Hymns No. 3 #121

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Pentecostal Hymns Nos. 3 and 4 Combined #121

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Rose of Sharon Hymns #643

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Songs of Love and Praise No. 3 #86

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Songs of Love and Praise #86

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The Bow of Promise #66

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