13611 | The Cyber Hymnal#13612 | 13613 |
Text: | Let Me Lean On Thy Bosom |
Author: | Maria L. James |
Tune: | [Let me lean on Thy bosom, dear Savior, I pray] |
Composer: | John Robson Sweney |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 Let me lean on Thy bosom, dear Savior, I pray,
Tho’ worthless and weary at heart;
Let me come! Give me shelter; Oh, turn not away,
Bid my gloom and my sorrow depart.
Refrain:
Let me lean on Thy bosom, dear Savior, I pray;
Let me lean on Thy bosom, dear Savior, I pray.
2 Let me lean on Thy bosom, dear Savior, I pray,
Tho’ erring and sinful, and vile;
Tho’ I’ve wandered, forgive me, I come back today,
And entreat for Thy favor and smile. [Refrain]
3 Let me lean on Thy bosom, dear Savior, I pray,
For there I new strength shall obtain;
To meet every trial that passes this way,
To bear without murmur all pain. [Refrain]
4 Let me lean on Thy bosom, dear Savior, I pray,
Held close in Thy loving embrace;
Nor leave me, no, no, lest I wander and stray,
And again I lose sight of Thy face. [Refrain]
5 Let me lean on Thy bosom, dear Savior, I pray,
My hand in Thine own while I sing
Of the grace which hath saved me, of this happy day,
When my heart owns that Jesus is King. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Let me lean on Thy bosom, dear Savior, I pray |
Title: | Let Me Lean On Thy Bosom |
Author: | Maria L. James (1881) |
Refrain First Line: | Let me lean on Thy bosom, dear Savior, I pray |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Wells of Salvation by John R. Sweney and William J. Kirkpatrick (Philadelphia: John J. Hood, 1881) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Let me lean on Thy bosom, dear Savior, I pray] |
Composer: | John Robson Sweney |
Key: | C Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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