I will trust, and not be afraid.
Isaiah 12:2
Words: Stella M. Thompson, in The Pilot, by Alfred Helton et al. (Lenoir, North Carolina: Teachers’ Music Publishing, 1914), number 392.
Music: Alfred E. Helton (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Thompson or Helton (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
’Neath your guilt no longer bow,
Come and take His cleansing now,
Let Him not (oh! let Him not)
Plead in vain (now plead in vain);
He hath suffered death for you,
Proved a noble friend and true;
Will you slight (oh! will you slight?)
Him today?
Refrain
Come and take the Lord
At His blessèd word;
Trust His pow’r, His saving pow’r;
Come and take the Lord
At His blessèd word,
And accept His love this hour!
All who have His promise heard,
Come and take Him at His word,
At the cross (yes, at the cross)
Pardon waits (full pardon waits);
They who will may Jesus know,
And more like Him daily grow,
Marching t’ward (while marching t’ward)
Heaven’s gates.
Refrain
Trust the King who reigns above,
Come and take His gift of love;
It is free (oh! it is free)
For each one (yes, for each one);
Oh! repent, believe today,
From the right no longer stray;
Soon your race (oh! soon your race)
Will be run!
Refrain