Simply trusting every day,
Trusting through a stormy way;
Even when my faith is small,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
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.
Trusting as the moments fly,
Trusting as the days go by;
Trusting Him whate’er befall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Singing if my way is clear,
Praying if the path be drear;
If in danger for Him call;
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Trusting as the moments fly,
Trusting as the days go by;
Trusting Him whate’er befall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Trusting Him while life shall last,
Trusting Him till earth be past;
Till within the jasper wall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
Trusting as the moments fly,
Trusting as the days go by;
Trusting Him whate’er befall,
Trusting Jesus, that is all.
BIBLE REFERENCE:
Isaiah 26:4
Nahum 1:7
Psalms 36:7
1 Peter 5:6-7
2 Corinthians 1:9-10
Lyrics: Edgar Page Stites
Born: March 22, 1836, Cape May, New Jersey.
Died: January 9, 1921, Cape May, New Jersey.
Composer: Ira David Sankey
Born: August 28, 1840, Edinburg, Pennsylvania.
Died: August 13, 1908, Brooklyn, New York.
The author, Edgar Page Stites, was for many years an obscure but active lay-worker in the Methodist Church of Cape May, New jersey. One of his ancestors was John Howland, who came to America on the Mayflower. Stites was also a cousin of the gospel hymnwriter, Eliza E. Hewitt who wrote “More About Jesus.” Mr. Stites served in the Civil War nd later for a time was a riverboat pilot. He also worked for a period as a Methodist home missionary in the Dakotas. Another of Edgar P. Stites’ hymn texts that has enjoyed popularity to the present time is “Beulah Land.” Frequently Stites used the pseudonym Edgar Page on his hymns. He died on January 7, 1921, in the same town where he was born, Cape Mat, New Jersey.
The composer, Ira D. Sankey, is a name well-known to Christians. He has been called the “Father of Gospel Music” because of his many contributions to gospel hymnody during the latter quarter of the nineteenth century. Mr. Sankey has contributed the music to such favorites as “A Shelter in the Time of Storm.” “Hiding in Thee,” and “The Ninety and Nine.” In all, Mr. Sankey contributed his talents to the writing of more than eighty gospel songs and the compiling of more than ten, important, hymnal collections.
Ira D. Sankey, the composer, relates the following incident regarding the birth of this hymn:
The words of this hymn were handed to Mr. Moody in Chicago, in 1876, in the form of a newspaper clipping. He gave to me, and asked me to write a tune for them. I assented, on condition that he should vouch for the doctrine taught in the verses, and he said he would. More...
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