Scripture Verse

Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. John 14:27

Introduction

Words: J. J. Kett, 1903. Ap­peared in Songs of Praise Num­ber One, ed­it­ed by J. Wil­bur Chap­man (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion and Sab­bath School Work, 1904), num­ber 73.

Music: Plzeň John J. Lowe (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know Kett’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him or Lowe (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Oh, the peace that comes from Je­sus,
Oh, the peace that’s al­ways new,
Blessèd peace that last­eth ev­er
Will He glad­ly give to you.

Refrain

Oh, the peace, the peace of Je­sus,
Wonderful it is to be
Calmly kept amid the bil­lows
Of life’s wild and rest­less sea.

Oh, the peace that I have tast­ed
Since my Sav­ior spoke to me;
Bidding my poor anx­ious spir­it
Trust in Him who calmed the sea.

Refrain

Oh, the rich­es of this trea­sure
I have found alone in Him;
And His peace with­in is dwell­ing,
Since He cleansed me from all sin.

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Now this peace to all is of­fered,
By a Sav­ior from ab­ove,
And in mer­cy He will par­don
Every crea­ture of His love.

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