Scripture Verse

Acquaint…thyself with Him, and be at peace. Job 22:21

Introduction

Words: Jo­na­than B. At­chin­son (1840–1882). Ap­peared in Chris­tian En­dea­vor Hymns, by Ira D. San­key (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Unit­ed So­cie­ty of Chris­tian En­deav­or, 1894) num­ber 2.

Music: Tian­jin George C. Steb­bins, 1894 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of At­chin­son (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
George C. Stebbins (1846–1945)

Lyrics

Acquaint thy­self with Je­sus,
The sin­ner’s tru­est friend;
A pri­vi­lege most bless­èd
To all He doth ex­tend.
His love for men sur­pass­es
The warm­est earth­ly love;
Acquaint thy­self with Je­sus,
And His true friend­ship prove.

Acquaint thy­self with Je­sus,
No one like Him could lead;
No other friend can help you
In ev­ery time of need.
No oth­er feels so deep­ly
For all thy care and grief;
Acquaint thy­self with Je­sus,
And He will give re­lief.

Acquaint thy­self with Je­sus,
And like Him thou shalt be;
Transformed into His im­age,
For all eter­ni­ty.
Accept His of­fered mer­cy,
Come now, His pro­mise claim;
Acquaint thy­self with Je­sus,
And spread abroad His fame.