The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3070

3070. Is There a Heart O'erbound by Sorrow?

1. Is there a heart o’erbound by sorrow?
Is there a life weighed down by care?
Come to the cross, each burden bearing;
All your anxiety—leave it there.

Refrain
All your anxiety, all your care,
Bring to the mercy seat, leave it there,
Never a burden He cannot bear,
Never a friend like Jesus!

2. No other friend so swift to help you,
No other friend so quick to hear,
No other place to leave your burden,
No other one to hear your prayer. [Refrain]

3. Come then at once; delay no longer!
Heed His entreaty kind and sweet,
You need not fear a disappointment;
You shall find peace at the mercy seat. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Is there a heart o'erbound by sorrow?
• Title: Is There a Heart O'erbound by Sorrow?
• Author: Edward H. Joy (1920)
• Refrain First Line: All your anxiety, all your care
• Language: English
• Source: The Musical Salvationist, 1929
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Joy, a Salvation Army musician, introduced the song to the Thornton Heath Corps, and later used it throughout Canada.

Tune Information

• Name: [Is there a heart o'erbound by sorrow?]
• Composer: Edward Henry Joy (1920, alt.)
• Incipit: 12334 33223 44443
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: The Musical Salvationist, 1929
• Copyright: Public Domain