Scripture Verse

I sat alone because of Thy hand. Jeremiah 15:17

Introduction

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Andrew Byers (1869–1952)

Words: Emi­ly Bar­ner, in An­thems from the Throne, by Da­ni­el S. War­ner & Bar­ney E. War­ren (Grand Junc­tion, Mi­chi­gan: Gos­pel Trum­pet Pub­lish­ing, 1888), num­ber 47. The ori­gin­al ver­sion had a re­frain which was dropped in lat­er ed­it­ions.

Music: Na­ri­ta An­drew L. By­ers, in Sal­va­tion Ech­oes, ed­it­ed by Bar­ney War­ren, An­drew L. Byers, Clar­ence E. Hunt­er & Da­ni­el O. Teas­ley (An­der­son, In­di­ana: Gos­pel Trum­pet, 1900), num­ber 199 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Bar­ner (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Alone with Je­sus, ’tis so sweet!
To wor­ship at His love­ly feet,
To raise our hearts in grate­ful praise
For all His won­drous works and ways!

Alone with Je­sus, in the storm,
He’ll keep us from all fear and harm,
If we but trust Him day by day,
Although it be a stor­my way.

Alone with Je­sus, all is well,
Beneath His smile my soul would dwell,
O Lord, how sweet to know and feel
Thy love and Thy eter­nal seal!

Alone with Je­sus, to ex­press
The per­fect peace we here pos­sess
An an­gel’s tongue might well em­ploy;
Alone with Je­sus, oh what joy!

Alone with Je­sus, hour by hour
Preserved by His al­migh­ty pow­er;
And when the storms of life are o’er,
With Him we’ll dwell for­ev­er­more.