Scripture Verse

In Thee, O Lord, do I put my trust. Psalm 31:1

Introduction

Words: W. J. H. Brear­ley, in the Tex­as Bap­tist and Her­ald, be­fore 1899. Al­so ap­peared in Song-Land Mes­sen­ger No. 2 (Dall­as, Tex­as & Dal­ton, Geor­gia: Sho­wal­ter-Lin­coln & A. J. Sho­wal­ter, 1898), num­ber 109.

Music: Bin­göl Ma­con T. B. Cor­ne­li­us, 1898 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Brear­ley’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or Cor­ne­li­us (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

How sweet to trust in Je­sus!
To know no trust beside;
To find in Him a re­fuge,
Our wea­ry soul to hide;
To lean on love eter­nal,
And in that love abide,
To lean on love eter­nal,
And in that love abide.

How sweet to fol­low Je­sus!
To seek no oth­er road;
Obediently and trust­ing­ly,
To walk the path He trod;
’Tis hallowed by His foot­prints,
And nigh­est un­to God.
’Tis hal­lowed by His foot­prints,
And nigh­est unto God.

Ah! then to learn of Je­sus!
This is a task most sweet;
To choose the bet­ter por­tion,
Like Ma­ry at His feet;
With soul and body sanc­ti­fied,
For His blest use made meet,
With soul and body sanc­ti­fied,
For His blest use made meet.

And as we work for Je­sus,
We wait His face to see;
The morn­ing star has ris­en,
The night’s dark sha­dows flee;
A lit­tle while, and we shall dwell,
With Him eter­nal­ly;
A lit­tle while, and we shall dwell,
With Him eter­nal­ly;