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SDAH 512: Just When I Need Him Most

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SDAH 512

Just when I need Him, Jesus is near,
Just when I falter, just when I fear;
Ready to help me, ready to cheer,
Just when I need Him most.

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Just when I need Him, Jesus is near,
Just when I falter, just when I fear;
Ready to help me, ready to cheer,
Just when I need Him most.
Just when I need Him most,
Just when I need Him most,
Jesus is near to comfort and cheer,
Just when I need Him most.

2
Just when I need Him, Jesus is true,
Never forsaking, all the way through,
Giving for burdens pleasures anew,
Just when I need Him most.
Just when I need Him most,
Just when I need Him most,
Jesus is near to comfort and cheer,
Just when I need Him most.

3
Just when I need Him, Jesus is strong,
Bearing my burdens all the day long;
For all my sorrow giving a song,
Just when I need Him most.
Just when I need Him most,
Just when I need Him most,
Jesus is near to comfort and cheer,
Just when I need Him most.

4
Just when I need Him, He is my all,
Answering when upon Him I call;
Tenderly watching lest I should fall,
Just when I need Him most.
Just when I need Him most,
Just when I need Him most,
Jesus is near to comfort and cheer,
Just when I need Him most.

Hymn Info
Hymn Info


Biblical Reference
(c) Matt 11:29 (d) Col 3:11 (r) 2 Thess 2:16, 17; Matt 14:27

Author
William Poole (1875-1949)

Year Published
1907

Copyright
Copyright 1908 by Charles H. Gabriel. Renewed 1936 The Rodeheaver Co. (A Div of Word, Inc.). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Metrical Number
9.9.9.6.Ref.

Composer
Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)

Year Composed
1907

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Piano Accompaniment

Notes

Get to know the hymns a little deeper with the SDA Hymnal Companion. Use our song leader’s notes to engage your congregation in singing with understanding. Even better, involve kids in learning this hymn with our homeschooling materials.

As a result of Daniel’s loyalty to God, the angel of the Lord closed the mouths of the hungry lions. Daniel was protected and vindicated before the king and those who sought to take his life. The experience of that most remarkable Hebrew exile stands as a token of God’s ultimate vindication of His people throughout the ages as they are opposed and persecuted by the powers of evil. (Lesson 7, 1st Quarter 2020 – Thursday, Vindication, 2/13/2020)

William Charles Poole (1875-1949; see SDAH 426) wrote this hymn in 1908. He chooses three different characteristics of our Lord for his first three stanzas. There are, of course, countless other traits in addition to His presence, His faithfulness, and His strength, so Poole’s last stanza encompasses them all and describes the Lord as “our all.” Poole also wrote SDAH 426, “I Shall See the King.”

  The tune, unnamed, was composed in 1907 by Charles Homer Gabriel (1856-1932; see SDAH 435). He also wrote both words and music of SDAH 435, “The Glory Song,” and the tune, also unnamed, for SDAH 625, “Higher Ground.”

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