Introduction
1843–1901
Words: Clara T. Williams, 1875.
Music: Satisfied Ralph E. Hudson, 1875 (🔊 pdf nwc).
1858–1937
He satisfies the thirsty, and fills the hungry with good things.
Psalm 107:9
Words: Clara T. Williams, 1875.
Music: Satisfied Ralph E. Hudson, 1875 (🔊 pdf nwc).
About 1875, I was helping in meetings in Troy, Ohio, where Professor R. E. Hudson conducted the singing, when, just before retiring one night, he asked me to write a song for a book he was preparing to publish. Before sleeping, I wrote Satisfied. In the morning, he composed the music.
Clara Williams
All my life I had a longing
For a drink from some clear spring,
That I hoped would quench the burning
Of the thirst I felt within.
Refrain
Hallelujah! I have found Him
Whom my soul so long has craved!
Jesus satisfies my longings,
Through His blood I now am saved.
Feeding on the husks around me,
Till my strength was almost gone,
Longed my soul for something better,
Only still to hunger on.
Refrain
Poor I was, and sought for riches,
Something that would satisfy,
But the dust I gathered round me
Only mocked my soul’s sad cry.
Refrain
Well of water, ever springing,
Bread of life so rich and free,
Untold wealth that never faileth,
My Redeemer is to me.
Refrain