"‘Tis So Sweet To Trust in Jesus"

“Songs My Father Sang”

‘Tis So Sweet To Trust in Jesus

Do you ever get tired of “talk, talk, talk and more talk” from “talk radio” or the t.v. “talking heads” or politicians and their “empty promises?” Like Eliza Doolittle in “My Fair Lady,” we often feel like complaining about “words, words, words.” Everywhere you go we are bombarded with words.

Sometimes we may even glibly quote scripture or sing about “Trusting Jesus.” Many times we don’t even think about what we are reciting or singing. It only comes from our lips.

Louisa Stead and her husband took their four year old daughter to a beach on Long Island one day. Suddenly they heard a child desperately crying. Mr. Stead responded to the cry and went into the water to rescue a drowning boy. Unfortunately, the boy took him under the water and both drowned. Louisa and her daughter watched helplessly.

As a result, Louis was left with no means of support. One day when they had no money or food, she opened her front door and there on the porch was food and money. That morning she wrote words that were neither shallow nor glib. She had experienced what came from her pen:

’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His Word;
Just to rest upon His promise,
Just to know, “Thus saith the Lord!”


Refrain:
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er;
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
Oh, for grace to trust Him more!


Oh, how sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to trust His cleansing blood;
And in simple faith to plunge me
’Neath the healing, cleansing flood!


Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just from sin and self to cease;
Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest, and joy and peace.


I’m so glad I learned to trust Thee,
Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend;
And I know that Thou art with me,
Wilt be with me to the end.

‘Tis So Sweet To Trust in Jesus

Words: Louisa M. R. Stead, 1882
Music: William J. Kirkpatrick, 1882

Proverbs 30:5 Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.