Leaning on Jesus

Weary with walking alone

Author: Wilbur F. Crafts (1874)
Tune: [Weary with walking alone]
Published in 30 hymnals

Printable scores: PDF, Noteworthy Composer
Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Weary with walking alone,
Long heavy-laden with sin;
Toiling all night without Christ,--
Rest for my soul shall I win,

Chorus:
Leaning on Jesus,
I walk at his side;
Leaning on Jesus,
I trust him, my Shepherd and Guide.

2 Fearing to stand for my Lord,
Trembling for weakness in prayer;
Yet on the bosom divine
Losing each sorrow and fear, [Chorus]

3 Anxious no longer for self,
Shrinking no longer from pain,
Leaning on Jesus alone,
He all my care will sustain. [Chorus]

4 Leaning, I walk in “the way,”
Leaning, “the truth” I shall know;
Leaning on heart-throbs of Christ,
Safe into “life” I may go. [Chorus]



Source: Living Hymns: for use in the Sabbath School, Christian Endeavor Meetings, the church & home #168

Author: Wilbur F. Crafts

Used pseudonym Callene Fisk… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Weary with walking alone
Title: Leaning on Jesus
Author: Wilbur F. Crafts (1874)
Source: Songs of Grace and Glory edited by William F. Sherwin and Silas Vail (New York: Horace Waters & Sons, 1874)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Leaning on Jesus, I walk at His side
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

Instances

Instances (1 - 1 of 1)
TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #10746

Include 29 pre-1979 instances
Suggestions or corrections? Contact us