Scripture Verse

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

Introduction

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James M. Black (1856–1938)

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,

Lyrics

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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