It Never Fails to Help Us

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Sometimes we feel downhearted

Author: James M. Gray
Tune: [Sometimes we feel down-hearted]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Sometimes we feel down-hearted
And ev’rything looks drear;
We see no joy before us,
And think no help is near;
Our friends have failed to comfort,
Tho’ they were good and true;
But prayer comes to our rescue
And always helps us thro’.

Refrain:
It never fails to help us,—
The prayer in Jesus’ name;
Because our Father’s promises
Are evermore the same.

2 The prayer may not be answered
As we had thought it would,
Because our heav’nly Father
Gives only what is good;
But still He hears the pleader,
And banishes our care,
And strengthens us with courage
When we seek Him in prayer. [Refrain]

3 It may be a companion
Has been called up above;
Or that some one has fallen,
Some brother whom we love;
It may be we are suff’ring
Upon a bed of pain;
No matter what the sorrow,
None ever prays in vain. [Refrain]

Source: The Voice of Thanksgiving No. 3 #63

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Author: James M. Gray

Born: May 11, 1851, New York City. Died: September 21, 1935, Passavant Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. Gray accepted Christ at age 22. He was educated at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (Doctor of Divinity), and the University of Des Moines, Iowa (Doctor of Laws). In 1879 he became Rector of the First Reformed Episcopal Church in Boston, Massachusetts, where he served 14 years. He then became dean (1904-25) and president (1925-34) of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois, and directed publication of four editions (1921-28) of the Voice of Thanksgiving, official hymnal of the Institute. A conservative theologian, Gray was one of seven editors of the popular Scofield Reference Bible. He was… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Sometimes we feel downhearted
Title:	It Never Fails to Help Us
Author:	James M. Gray
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	It never fails to help us
Publication Date:	1919
Copyright:	Public Domain