I Shall Not Want

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I shall not want while Jesus leads

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [I shall not want while Jesus leads]
Published in 5 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 I shall not want while Jesus leads,
Nor hunger while my soul he feeds;
My Guide for evermore is he,
His rod and staff they comfort me.

Refrain:
I shall not want, I shall not want,
The Lord my Shepherd is;
In pastures green he feedeth me.
By waters still he leadeth me;
I shall not want, I shall not want.
The Lord my Shepherd is.

2 E’en tho’ I pass thro’ death’s dark vale,
My rod of comfort shall not fail;
The valley’s shade shall not alarm,
I shall not want or suffer harm. [Refrain]

3 I shall not want for joy, for lo,
My cup with grace shall overflow;
My soul by pow’r divine restored,
Loves oil upon my head outpoured. [Refrain]

4 My song thro’ life shall ever b,
Goodness and mercy follow me;
And in God’s house for evermore
I’ll dwell on Canaan’s happy shore. [Refrain]

Source: His Worthy Praise #33

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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 >

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First Line:	I shall not want while Jesus leads
Title:	I Shall Not Want
Author:	Mrs. C. H. Morris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I shall not want, I shall not want
Publication Date:	1913
Copyright:	Public Domain