My grace is sufficient for thee.
2 Corinthians 12:9
Words: H. H. Ryland, in Consecrated Hymns, edited by Adam Geibel, R. Frank Lehman & H. C. Lincoln (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Geibel & Lehman, 1902), number 95. The song was dedicated to Mr. J. H. Bollin, President Alleghany Co. C. E. Soc., 1902.
Music: Chantilly B. Franklin Butts (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Ryland’s full name, or where to get a good photo of him or Butts,
The cross is heavy—this I know—
But there’s a blessèd place
Where I can flee in time of need
And find sufficient grace.
Refrain
Sufficient grace, sufficient grace,
His word now offers me;
And when I see Him face to face,
His grace my theme shall be.
When dark the storm around me rolls,
It cannot hide His face;
Then to the mercy seat I flee
And find sufficient grace.
Refrain
And when the tempter comes, and would
God’s work in me efface,
Then to the Savior I will go
And find sufficient grace.
Refrain
Tho’ oft I tread some thorny way,
Upon my Christian race,
I’m sure that always, day by day,
I’ll find sufficient grace.
Refrain