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Christ in Song 392

TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS

Words: Louisa M. R. SteadMusic: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick

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1'Tis so sweet to trust in Je-sus, Just to take him at his word,
Just to rest up-on his prom-ise, Just to know thus saith the Lord.

RefrainJe-sus, Je-sus, how I trust him! How I've proved him o'er and o'er!
Je-sus, Je-sus, pre-cious Je-sus! O for grace to trust him more!

2O how sweet to trust in Je-sus, Just to trust his cleans-ing blood,
Just to rest up-on his prom-ise, Just to know thus saith the Lord.

3Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Je-sus, Just from sin and self to cease,
Just from Je-sus sim-ply tak-ing Life, and rest, and joy, and peace.

4I'm so glad I learned to trust thee, Pre-cious Je-sus, Sav-ior, friend;
And I know that thou art with me, Wilt be with me to the end.

Also sung to
Trust in Jesus (SDA Hymnal #524)

The verse

Meter
15.15
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 82% of beats fit
Rhyme
AB
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Verse 1

'Tis so sweet to trust in Je-sus, Just to take him at his word,/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/15A
Just to rest up-on his prom-ise, Just to know thus saith the Lord./˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//?˘/15B

Verse 2

O how sweet to trust in Je-sus, Just to trust his cleans-ing blood,˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15A
Just to rest up-on his prom-ise, Just to know thus saith the Lord./˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//?˘/15B

Verse 3

Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Je-sus, Just from sin and self to cease,///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15A
Just from Je-sus sim-ply tak-ing Life, and rest, and joy, and peace./˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/15A

Verse 4

I'm so glad I learned to trust thee, Pre-cious Je-sus, Sav-ior, friend;/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/15A
And I know that thou art with me, Wilt be with me to the end.˘˘/˘//˘˘/˘˘˘˘˘/15A

Refrain

Je-sus, Je-sus, how I trust him! How I've proved him o'er and o'er!/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/15A
Je-sus, Je-sus, pre-cious Je-sus! O for grace to trust him more!/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘/15B

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.