Trusting in Jesus Alone

I could never be saved from the guilt of my sin

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [I could never be saved from the guilt of my sin]
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Representative Text

1 I could never be saved from the guilt of my sin,
If the power must be of my own;
But I’ve found a sure way to keep saved every day,
‘Tis by trusting in Jesus alone.

Refrain:
Trusting in Jesus alone,
Trusting in Jesus alone;
But I’ve found a sure way to keep saved every day,
‘Tis by trusting in Jesus alone.

2 When the tempter assails, at me aiming his darts,
And when courage and strength both have flown;
If I lift but my eyes, like a flash from the skies,
I have help just thro’ Jesus alone. [Refrain]

3 When the billows of sorrow my soul would o’erwhelm,
Thro’ the waters I safely have gone;
For the sea would divide as a wall on each side,
While I trusted in Jesus alone. [Refrain]

4 Thro’ his infinite grace I shall gather some day,
With the ransomed around the white throne;
And this song I shall sing as my eyes greet the King,
“’Twas by trusting in Jesus alone.” [Refrain]

Source: The Old Story in Song Number Two #33

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I could never be saved from the guilt of my sin
Title: Trusting in Jesus Alone
Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Refrain First Line: Trusting in Jesus alone
Publication Date: 1908
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Old Story in Song Number Two #33

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