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There's a Promise

If temptation oft confronts you with an unrelenting power

Author: Alice Jean Cleator
Tune: [If temptation oft confronts you with an unrelenting power]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 If temptation oft confronts you with an unrelenting pow’r,
Seeking from the path of Right your steps to lead,
God has promised to be with you; look to him in faith each hour,
There’s a promise which will suit your ev’ry need!

Refrain:
There’s a promise! yes, a promise!
From temptation’s pow’r you swiftly may be free;
There’s a promise glad and sure which for ever will endure,
There’s a promise which will suit your ev’ry need!

2 In your labors for the Master do you sometimes weary grow,
Seeing not the harvest from the scattered seed?
Do not fret about the reaping, seek for help to wisely sow,
There’s a promise which will suit your ev’ry need! [Refrain]

3 In each hour of joy or sorrow, in temptation or distress,
God has said that he will be your strength indeed,
Search the Holy Word for guidance; it will help and cheer and bless,
There’s a promise which will suit your ev’ry need! [Refrain]

Source: Songs for All #36

Author: Alice Jean Cleator

Alice Jean Cleator, 1871-1926 Born: Cir­ca 1871, An­dre­as, Isle of Man, Eng­land. Died: Cir­ca April 27, 1926, Cleve­land, Ohio. Cleator’s family ev­i­dent­ly em­igrat­ed to Amer­i­ca in the 1870’s. She was liv­ing in Clar­idon, Ohio, in 1880, & Geau­ga Coun­ty, Ohio, in 1900, 1910, & 1920. She taught school in New York Ci­ty, re­tir­ing some time be­fore 1915. --hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: If temptation oft confronts you with an unrelenting power
Title: There's a Promise
Author: Alice Jean Cleator
Language: English
Refrain First Line: There's a promise! yes, a promise
Copyright: Public Domain

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Songs for All #36

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Songs of Love Divine #36

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The New Life Hymnal #36

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