So Will I Comfort Thee

So will I comfort thee

Author: Mary D. James
Tune: [So will I comfort thee]
Published in 5 hymnals

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1 So will I comfort thee,
Poor sorrowing child of care;
Thy heavy load of woe,
Upon my heart I bear.
I know thy pains, and griefs, and fears,
I hear thy sighs, and count thy tears:
So will I comfort, comfort thee.

2 So will I comfort thee,
Thro’ all life’s dreary way;
I’ll be thy constant guide,
I’ll keep thee night and day;
No foes, no perils need’st thou fear,
For I, thy God, am always near:
So will I comfort, comfort thee.

3 So will I comfort thee,
E’en I, the mighty God;
Unchanging is My love,
Unfailing is My word.
No mother’s love can equal Mine,
No arms so strong as arms Divine;
So will I comfort, comfort thee.

4 So will I comfort thee;
From every stormy blast,
I’ll hide thee with My wings,
“Till all life’s storms are past,”
Then bear thee to the heavenly shore,
Where sorrow’s tears shall fall no more,
So will I comfort, comfort thee.


Source: Gospel Praise Book.: a collection of choice gems of sacred song suitable for church service, gospel praise meetings, and family devotions. (Complete ed.) #232a

Author: Mary D. James

Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She… Go to person page >

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First Line: So will I comfort thee
Title: So Will I Comfort Thee
Author: Mary D. James
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gospel Praise Book, enlarged ed. #d111

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Gospel Praise Book. #232a

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Songs of Praise and Delight #41

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Temperance Rallying Songs #71

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The Gem of Gems #61

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