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Only Believe

Jesus, the wonderful, Only believe

Author: L. F. Cole
Tune: [Jesus, the Wonderful]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Jesus, the Wonderful
Only believe;
Health to the sick he’ll bring,
Losses retrieve;
Hope to the penitent,
Joy to the sorrow bent.
Peace to the ill-content,
Only believe.

Chorus:
Only believe, O soul,
Only believe,
Jesus will make thee whole,
Only believe.

2 Think how He loveth us,
O precious soul;
Think how He suffered that
We might be whole;
Think of the bleeding brow,
Think how he yearneth now,
Trusting, before him bow,
O precious soul. [Chorus]

3 Think of Gethsemane’s
Thrice offered pray’r;
Think, too, of Calvary’s
Cry of despair;
Bent ‘neath his Father’s frown,
Left by his lov’d and own,
There in his pangs to groan,
Lifted in air. [Chorus]

4 Oh, hear the Savior plead,
Only believe;
Trust in his pow’r to save,
His hand receive;
List to his pleading voice,
Make now the better choice,
And you shall e’er rejoice,
Only believe. [Chorus]


Source: Good Will: A collection of New Music for Sabbath Schools and Gospel Meetings (Enlarged) #40

Author: L. F. Cole

Rev. L. F. Cole served churches in Indiana, Minnesota and Wisconsin. He was active in the Temperance movement and wrote several hymns. Dianne Shapiro Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Jesus, the wonderful, Only believe
Title: Only Believe
Author: L. F. Cole
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Only believe, O soul
Copyright: Public Domain

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Good Will #40

Gospel Gems #d83

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