Scripture Verse

Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. 1 Corinthians 2:2

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Wel­come Tid­ings, ed­it­ed by Ro­bert Low­ry, W. How­ard Doane & Ira D. San­key (New York and Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Big­low & Main and John Church, 1877), page 91.

Music: Wim­ble­don Will­iam F. Sher­win, 1877 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William F. Sherwin (1826–1888)

Lyrics

Only trust­ing in my Sav­ior,
All to Him my soul would leave;
He has suf­fered to re­deem me,
And His Word I now be­lieve.

Refrain

Now to Christ alone I’m cling­ing,
Tho’ the tem­pest round me blow;
Heeding not the clouds above me,
Dreading not the waves below.

Only trust­ing, no­thing doubt­ing,
This is all that I can do;
Every tri­al that be­falls me
He will safe­ly bring me thro’.

Refrain

There are break­ers in the dis­tance,
Yet no dan­ger will I fear;
On the rock my feet are rest­ing,
Naught of harm can reach me there.

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Only trust­ing, only trust­ing,
This is joy and life to me;
Thou wilt ne­ver leave me friend­less
While I cling, O Christ, to Thee.

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