Scripture Verse

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8

Introduction

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Hans G. Nägeli (1773–1836)

Words: John Kill­ing­hall (?–1740). Pub­lished in Life of Faith Ex­em­pli­fied and Re­com­mend­ed in a Let­ter Found in the Stu­dy of the Rev. Jo­seph Bel­cher, Late of Ded­ham, New Eng­land (Lon­don: 1741). Orig­in­al title: In All My Trou­bles, Sharp and Long.

Music: Den­nis Hans G. Nä­ge­li (1773–1836). Ar­ranged by Lo­well Ma­son in The Psal­te­ry, 1845 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

In ev­ery try­ing hour
My soul to Je­sus flies;
I trust in His al­migh­ty pow­er,
When swell­ing bil­lows rise.

His com­forts bear me up;
I trust a faith­ful God;
The sure foun­da­tion of my hope
Is in my Sav­ior’s blood.

Loud hal­le­lu­jahs sing
To our Re­deem­er’s name,
In joy or sor­row—life or death—
His love is still the same.