Anywhere with Jesus

Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go

Author: Jessie Brown Pounds (1887); Author (st. 3-4): Helen C. Alexander (1915)
Tune: ANYWHERE WITH JESUS
Published in 175 hymnals

Printable scores: Sibelius
Audio files: MIDI

Full Text

1 Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go,
Anywhere He leads me in this world below;
Anywhere without Him dearest joys would fade;
Anywhere with Jesus I am not afraid.

Refrain:
Anywhere, anywhere! Fear I cannot know;
Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go.

2 Anywhere with Jesus I am not alone;
Other friends may fail me, He is still my own;
Though His hand may lead me over drearest ways,
Anywhere with Jesus is a house of praise. [Refrain]

3 Anywhere with Jesus, over land and sea,
Telling souls in darkness of salvation free;
Ready as He summons me to go or stay,
Anywhere with Jesus when He points the way. [Refrain]

4 Anywhere with Jesus I can go to sleep,
When the dark’ning shadows round about me creep,
Knowing I shall waken nevermore to roam;
Anywhere with Jesus will be home, sweet home. [Refrain]

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Author: Jessie Brown Pounds

Jessie B. Pounds (1861-1921) Born: Au­gust 31, 1861, Hir­am, Ohio (near Cleve­land). Died: March 3, 1921, Hir­am, Ohio. Buried: Fair­view Cem­e­te­ry, Hir­am, Ohio. Jessie Pounds was in poor health as a child, and re­ceived her ear­ly edu­ca­tion at home. At age 15, she be­gan sub­mit­ting ar­ti­cles to Cleve­land news­pa­pers and var­i­ous re­li­gious pub­li­ca­tions. In 1896, she mar­ried Rev­er­end John Pounds, pas­tor of the Cen­tral Christ­ian Church in In­di­an­a­po­lis, In­di­a­na. In her ear­ly years, an ed­i­tor com­ment­ed that some of her po­e­try would make good hymn texts. So be­gan her song writ­ing ca­reer. Over her life­time, she wrote 50 li­bret­tos for can­ta­ta… Go to person page >

Author (st. 3-4): Helen C. Alexander

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Text Information

First Line: Anywhere with Jesus I can safely go
Title: Anywhere with Jesus
Author: Jessie Brown Pounds (1887)
Author (st. 3-4): Helen C. Alexander (1915)
Meter: 11.11.11.11.11.11
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Anywhere, anywhere, fear I cannot know
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