CHRISTIAN LIFE >> FAITH & TRUST
SDAH 523
My faith has found a resting place,
Not in a manmade creed;
I trust the ever living One,
That He for me shall plead.
Text
1
My faith has found a resting place,
Not in a manmade creed;
I trust the ever living One,
That He for me shall plead.
Refrain
I need no other evidence,
I need no other plea;
It is enough that Jesus died,
And rose again for me.
2
Enough for me that Jesus saves,
This ends my fear and doubt;
A sinful soul, I come to Him,
He will not cast me out.
3
My soul is resting on the Word,
The living Word of God,
Salvation in my Savior’s name,
Salvation through His blood.
4
My great Physician heals the sick,
The lost He came to save;
For me His precious blood He shed,
For me His life He gave.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Rev 1:18 (b) John 6:37 (c) Matt 1:21 (d) Matt 9:12
Author
Lidie H. Edmunds
Year Published
c. 1891
Hymn Tune
NO OTHER PLEA
Metrical Number
C.M.Ref.
Tune Source
Norwegian Melody
Hymn Score
Piano Accompaniment
Notes
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Everything we need for our salvation is in Jesus. That’s why He said: “Come unto Me all ye who labor and are heavy laden and I will give you rest.” In Him our faith can find a resting place. (Lesson 11, 2nd Quarter 2021 – Wednesday, The New Covenant High Priest, 6/9/2021)
Leonard Ellinwood says that Lidie H. Edmunds is a pen name used by Eliza Edmunds Hewitt (1851-1920; see Biographies). This assumption seems to be correct, since Edmunds is her actual middle name, which she used when signing herself Eliza Hewitt. Many of her poems were set to music by several of the most successful composers of gospel songs: John R. Sweney, and William J. Kirkpatrick.
The tune NO OTHER PLEA is also known as LANDS, the name of a town in Norway. William Kirkpatrick (1838-1921; see Biographies) called is a “Norse melody” when he made this arrangement for the book Songs of Joy and Gladness, No. 2, published in 1891 by McDonald, Gill and Company. The rhythmic pattern is the same as that in the tune THE SOLID ROCK (see SDAH 200, 522).In fact, the first melodic phrase of NO OTHER PLEA.
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