It Is I, Be Not Afraid

Representative Text

1 Pilgrim travelling on life’s highway,
Tho’ cast down with doubt and fear,
Sweetly o’er thy troubled spirit
Comes the voice of hope and cheer.

Refrain:
It is I, be not afraid;
It is I, be not afraid;
Hear the voice of Jesus
Saying,
It is I, it is I, be not afraid.

2 Sailor, tossed upon the billows,
Dark and gloomy tho’ it be.
Hear above the roaring breakers
Jesus’ voice, he speaks to thee. [Refrain]

3 When in trial, when in sorrow,
Drear and lonely all around,
Jesus’ cheering voice is speaking;
Listen to the welcome sound. [Refrain]

Source: Triumphant Songs No.1 #94

Author: Jane E. Hall

Hall, Jane E., of Battleborough, Vermont, has in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 18S1, under the initials "J. E. H.," (1) "The love that Jesus had for me" (Love of Jesus); (2) "We shall have a new name in that land" (The New Name). The music in Sankey to these hymns is also by the same person. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Pilgrim traveling on life's highway
Title: It Is I, Be Not Afraid
Author: Jane E. Hall
Language: English
Refrain First Line: It is I, be not afraid
Copyright: Public Domain

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