Lord, on Thy promise I rely

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Lord, on Thy promise I rely

Author: Josie D. Heard
Tune: MISSIONARY CHANT (Zeuner)
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Lord on Thy promise I rely,
That Thou wilt hear a sinner’s cry,
In every trying time of need,
And show Thyself the friend indeed.

2 To count Thy mercies I begin,
When, lo, a voice comes from within—
Where shall the countless blessings end,
Which Thou to me dost daily send?

3 Condemned by that most sacred law,
Which broken is each breath I draw?
Lord, only on Thy grace I lean,
Thou canst the guilty soul make clean.

4 Lo, at Thy feet I humbly fall,
And for Thy mercy great I call,
O turn to me Thy smiling face,
Send me the fullness of Thy grace.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #8753

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Author: Josie D. Heard

Josephine Della Heard (b 11 Oct. 1861, Salisbury, NC | d 21 Oct. 1924, Philadelphia, PA), daughter of Lafayette Henderson and Annie M. Grainer, showed an early aptitude for writing and music and was schooled in Charlotte, NC, Scotia Seminary, Concord, NC, and Bethany Institute, NY. She thereafter taught schools in Maysville, SC, Orangeburg, SC, and Covington, TN. In 1882, she married Rev. William Henry Heard. Benjamin Tucker Tanner was a friend of the family and an early advocate of her work. Many of her poems were published in Morning Glories (1890). —Chris Fenner, Hymns & Devotions for Daily Worship: African American Edition (2025). Go to person page >

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