The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) ‎#382

382. Something Within

1 Preachers and teachers would make their appeal,
Fighting as soldiers on great battlefields;
When to their pleadings my poor heart did yield,
All I could say, there is something within.

Refrain:
Something within me that holdeth the reins,
Something within me that banishes pain;
Something within me I cannot explain,
All that I know there is something within.

2 Have you that something, that burning desire?
Have you that something, that never doth tire?
Oh, if you have it that Heavenly Fire!
Then let the world know there is something within. [Refrain]

3 I met God one morn, my soul feeling bad,
Heart heavy laden with a bowed down head.
He lift'd my burden and made me so glad,
All that I know there is something within. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Preachers and teachers would make their appeal
• Title: Something Within
• Author: L. E. Campbell
• Refrain First Line: Something within me that holdeth the reins
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2001
• Topic: Gospel Songs; Missionary; Solos; Testimony

Tune Information

• Name: [Preachers and teachers would make their appeal]
• Composer: L. E. Campbell
• Incipit: 32343 33212
• Key: A♭ Major