Jesus Is Always There

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Sometimes our skies are cloudy and dreary

Author: Bertha Mae Lillenas (1934)
Tune: [Sometimes our skies are cloudy and dreary]
Published in 27 hymnals

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1 Sometimes our skies are cloudy and dreary,
Sometimes our hearts are burdened with care;
But we may know, whate'er may befall us,
Jesus is always there.

Refrain:
Never a burden that He doth not carry,
Never a sorrow that He doth not share;
Whether the days may be sunny or dreary,
Jesus is always there.

2 When in the midst of life with its problems,
Bent with our toil and burdens we bear;
Wonderful thought and deep consolation:
Jesus is always there. [Refrain]

3 When we are walking thru the green pastures,
Or over mountains rugged and bare;
Precious the thought and sweet the assurance,
Jesus is always there. [Refrain]

4 "Lo, I am with you alway," is written,
God will not fail to answer our prayer;
Trusting His word we rest in His promise--
Jesus is always there. [Refrain]

Source: The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #256

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Author: Bertha Mae Lillenas

Lillenas, Bertha Mae (nee Wilson). (?--1945). First wife of Haldor Lillenas, mother of their two children. Ordained elder in the Church of the Nazarene. Evangelist, singer, and composer, as well as artist at the piano. Deets Pacific Bible College, Los Angeles (later Pasadena College). With her husband, pastored churches at Lompoc and Pomona, California; Auburn, Illinois; Peniel, Texas; Redlands, Calif.; and Indianapolis, Indiana. She often preached. She had a gift for writing songs easy to sing on powerful gospel themes. Since she was a contralto, she wrote most numbers in a low key. The text of "Jesus Took My Burden" (Johnson Oatman) was sent to Haldor Lillenas to be set to music, but the musical setting he wrote visited virtually all p… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Sometimes our skies are cloudy and dreary
Title:	Jesus Is Always There
Author:	Bertha Mae Lillenas (1934)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Never a burden that He doth not carry
Publication Date:	1934
Copyright:	Public Domain