1 ‘Tis a joy unspeakable
And a comfort sweet as well
Close beside the Christ to dwell,
Just to talk with Jesus.
Refrain:
‘Tis a joy unspeakable
Just to talk with Jesus,
And a comfort sweet as well
Just to talk with Jesus.
2 Sorrow finds no resting place,
Care and trouble flee apace,
For it fills the heart with grace
Just to talk with Jesus. [Refrain]
3 Joy that cannot be expressed
Dwells within, a welcome guest,
For the hearts is greatly blest
Just to talk with Jesus. [Refrain]
4 When the glory land I see
This my chief delight shall be
All throughout eternity
Just to talk with Jesus. [Refrain]
Source: Hymns We Love, for Sunday Schools and All Devotional Meetings #121
Born: July 1872, Delaware (probably Wilmington)
Died: November 20, 1954, Wilmington, Delaware.
Buried: Lombardy Cemetery, Wilmington, Delaware.
Marks was apparently living in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1913. His works include:
Cream of Song, with Leander Pickett & O. B. Culpepper & (Louisville, Kentucky: Pickett Publishing Company, 1906)
Tears and Triumphs No. 4, with Leander Pickett & Benjamin Butts (Louisville, Kentucky: Pentecostal Publishing Company, 1910)
Noted Hymns, 1927 (editor)
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