1 When thorny is my pathway and steep the road,
And often-times I’m sinking beneath my load,
There’s One who watches o’er me, who understands,
Who strengthens and upholds me with mighty hands.
Chorus:
I’ll just hold on to Jesus,
I’ll just hold on to Jesus,
He knows my ev’ry weakness and hears me when I call;
He never will forsake me,
No evil can o’ertake me,
I’ll just hold on to Jesus, then I’ll not fall.
2 He whispers to assure me, “I still am here,”
And ev’ry time I falter I feel Him near;
Though often I have grieved Him, He still is true,
And promises to lead me life’s journey through. [Chorus]
3 He’s won my heart forever, this faithful Friend,
The One upon whom always I can depend;
My hand is in His hand-clasp, so strong and true,
and while He lifts my burdens He lifts me too. [Chorus]
Source: Great Tabernacle Hymns #110
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."
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