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I've found a refuge from life's care in Jesus

Author: Avis B. Christiansen
Tune: [I've found a refuge from life's care in Jesus]
Published in 13 hymnals

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1 I’ve found a refuge from life’s care in Jesus,
I am hiding in His love divine;
He fully understands my soul’s deep longing,
And He whispers softly, “Thou art Mine.”

Chorus:
Only Jesus! Only Jesus!
Only He can satisfy;
Every burden becomes a blessing,
When I know my Lord is nigh.

2 I’ve found a precious joy in knowing Jesus,
Never dreamed of in this world of woe;
No clouds, however dark, can dim the radiance
Of the heav’nly light He doth bestow. (Chorus)

3 I’ve found a blessèd hope divine in Jesus,
’Tis a Day Star ever shining bright;
It fills my earthly way with heav’nly glory,
And it turns life’s darkness into light. (Chorus)

Source: Hymns of Faith #394

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Author: Avis B. Christiansen

Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary Go to person page >

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First Line:	I've found a refuge from life's care in Jesus
Title:	Only Jesus
Author:	Avis B. Christiansen
Source:	Hymnary, 1984 - 聖徒詩歌
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Only Jesus
Publication Date:	1921
Copyright:	Public Domain