Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
John 14:27
Words: Thomas M. Magee, in His Worthy Praise, by Edmund S. Lorenz & Ira B. Wilson (Dayton, Ohio: Lorenz Publishing, 1915), number 25.
Music: James M. Black (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Magee (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels), or a better one of Black,
My soul is resting in God’s peace,
Without a doubt or fear;
The boisterous waves of trouble cease,
For Christ, my Lord, is near.
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Resting, resting,
Resting in God’s sweet peace;
Resting, resting,
I’m resting in God’s sweet peace.
The Spirit poureth from on high,
A sanctifying tide,
And bathing in its streams of joy,
My soul is satisfied.
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My hand in His, I will not fear,
How fierce may be the storm;
I’m sheltered in His love each day,
And kept from all alarm.
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He drives my every doubt away,
He gives me childlike faith;
And so I take the yea or nay,
Just as my Father saith.
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