The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6530

6530. Tell It to Jesus

1. Are you weary, are you heavy hearted?
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus.
Are you grieving over joys departed?
Tell it to Jesus alone.

Refrain
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus,
He is a friend that’s well known.
You’ve no other such a friend or brother,
Tell it to Jesus alone.

2. Do the tears flow down your cheeks unbidden?
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus.
Have you sins that to men’s eyes are hidden?
Tell it to Jesus alone. [Refrain]

3. Do you fear the gathering clouds of sorrow?
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus.
Are you anxious what shall be tomorrow?
Tell it to Jesus alone. [Refrain]

4. Are you troubled at the thought of dying?
Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus.
For Christ’s coming kingdom are you sighing?
Tell it to Jesus alone. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Are you weary, are you heavy hearted?
• Title: Tell It to Jesus
• Author: Edmund S. Lorenz (1876)
• Translator (from German): Jeremiah E. Rankin
• Refrain First Line: Tell it to Jesus, tell it to Jesus
• Language: English
• Source: Fröliche Botschafter, 1876; translation in Gates of Praise, 1880
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [Are you weary, are you heavy hearted?]
• Composer: Edmund Simon Lorenz (1876)
• Incipit: 13321 21651 22325
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain