Scripture Verse

There came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites…And He called unto Him His disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had. Mark 12:42–44

Introduction

Words: Al­bert A. Rand, in Al­ex­an­der’s Gos­pel Songs and So­los, ed­it­ed by Charles M. Al­ex­an­der (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Ster­ling Mu­sic, 1917).

Music: Hal­dor Lil­le­nas (🔊 pdf nwc).

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

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Haldor Lillenas (1885–1959)

Lyrics

Is your way thorn be­set and un­cer­tain?
Is dis­cour­age­ment wait­ing there, too?
Weary soul, don’t des­pair—trust in Je­sus,
There’s a place in God’s plan­ning for you, for you.

Refrain

There’s a place in God’s plan­ning for you,
And a work that none oth­er can do;
Do your best, take your share of the bless­ing:
There’s a place in God’s plan­ning for you.

Does the best you can do seem un­wor­thy?
Are your chances for ser­vice but few?
Widow’s mites oft­en bring rich­est bless­ings,
There’s a place in God’s plan­ning for you, for you.

Refrain

Does your light seem so flick­er­ing and fee­ble?
That you’re tempt­ed to hide it from view?
Though a spark, it may kin­dle a bea­con;
There’s a place in God’s plan­ning for you, for you.

Refrain

Why then waste pre­cious mo­ments in seek­ing
For some dist­ant or great work to do?
Give your­self to the task that lies near­est,
There’s a place in God’s plann­ing for you, for you.

Refrain