Scripture Verse

The peace of God, which passeth all understanding. Philippians 4:7

Introduction

Words: Ano­ny­mous, in Hymns for the Cham­ber of Sick­ness, by James Ed­mes­ton (Lon­don: Re­li­gious Tract So­ci­ety, 1844), page 34.

Music: Aga­pe Charles J. Dick­in­son, 1861 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

Lyrics

Peace of God which knows no mea­sure,
Heavenly sun­beam of the soul,
Peace be­yond all earth­ly trea­sure,
Come, and ev­ery fear con­trol.

Do dis­ease and pains alarm me?
Do I fear im­pend­ing ill?
Evil hath not pow­er to harm me,
He can whis­per—Peace, be still.

Oh! Al­migh­ty to de­liv­er,
Thou on whom my hope is stayed,
I would trust in Thee for ev­er,
Then I can­not be afraid.