Scripture Verse

Trust in God; trust also in Me. John 14:1

Introduction

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Edgar P. Stites (1836–1921)

Words: Ed­gar P. Stites, 1876. The lyr­ics first ap­peared as a po­em in a news­pa­per. They were giv­en to Ira Sank­ey’s part­ner Dwight Moody, who asked San­key to write mu­sic for them.

Music: Ira D. Sank­ey (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Ira D. Sankey (1840–1908)

About two years ago, writes a min­is­ter, “I vis­it­ed a wo­man who was suf­fer­ing from an in­cur­a­ble dis­ease; but great as was her ago­ny of bo­dy, her dis­tress of mind was great­er still. One day she said: ‘The fu­ture is so dark, I dare not look for­ward at all.’

“To my question, ‘Can’t you trust your­self in God’s hands?’ She re­plied: ‘No, I can’t leave my­self there.’

I re­peated the hymn, Sim­ply trust­ing ev­ery day, and es­pe­cial­ly dwelt on the re­frain, Trust­ing as the mo­ments fly, trust­ing as the days go by. Ah, she said, I can trust him this mo­ment; is it like that?

I then sang the hymn to her, and the change that came over her was won­der­ful. She ne­ver lost this trust, and she had the page in her hymn book turned down, that she might have the hymn read to her. Af­ter ma­ny months of in­tense suf­fer­ing she passed away, sim­ply trust­ing, to the land where there shall be no more pain.

Sankey, p. 291

Lyrics

Simply trust­ing every day,
Trusting through a stor­my way;
Even when my faith is small,
Trusting Je­sus, that is all.

Refrain

Trusting as the mo­ments fly,
Trusting as the days go by;
Trusting Him whate’er be­fall,
Trusting Je­sus, that is all.

Brightly does His Spi­rit shine
Into this poor heart of mine;
While He leads I can­not fall;
Trusting Je­sus, that is all.

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Singing if my way is clear,
Praying if the path be drear;
If in dan­ger for Him call;
Trusting Je­sus, that is all.

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Trusting Him while life shall last,
Trusting Him till earth be past;
Till within the jas­per wall,
Trusting Je­sus, that is all.

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