Trusting Jesus

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My heart belongs to Jesus now, and I'm walking in the light

Author: James Rowe
Tune: [My heart belongs to Jesus now, and I'm walking in the light]
Published in 6 hymnals

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1 My heart belongs to Jesus now, and I'm walking in the light
His loving arms encircle me, and my path is always bright;
I travel onward singing praise, ever standing for the right,
For my heart belongs to Jesus forevermore.

Chorus:
I'm His, He's mine,
We are truly one at last
(praise God,) I'm His, He's (truly) mine,
And He hides my sinful past;
My heart belongs to Jesus now,
And my sinful days are o'er,
And His happy praise my soul shall raise forevermore.

2 He found me bending under sin, and He took away my load,
He held my hand and led me straight to the happy gospel road;
And now I'm going on with Him to the soul's divine abode,
For my heart belongs to Jesus forevermore. [Chorus]

3 Some happy day at heaven's gate my Redeemer I shall see,
And with a smile and words of love, I am sure He'll welcome me;
Then in His love my soul shall rest thru the glad eternity,
For my heart belongs to Jesus forevermore. [Chorus]

Source: Church Hymnal #84

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Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	My heart belongs to Jesus now, and I'm walking in the light
Title:	Trusting Jesus
Author:	James Rowe
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I'll trust Him from day to day
Publication Date:	1927
Copyright:	Public Domain