LET ME LEAN ON THEE
"Hide not Thy face from me in the day when I am trouble." Psalms 102:2
Words: Frances
Jane (Fanny) Crosby, in Welcome Tidings: A New Collection of Sacred
Songs for the Sunday School (New York: Biglow & Main, 1877).
Music: Hubert Platt Main, 1877.
When my way is hedged about me, hedged with thorns of care;
When the cross I loved so dearly, seems too hard to bear;
When my heart is bowed with sorrow, and no light I see--
Lord, Thy tender mercy pleading, let me lean on Thee.
O, for faith to cast behind me every sad complaint--
Faith to run and not be weary, walk and never faint;
Thou dost know and feel my weakness, Savior look on me;
Now Thy tender mercy pleading, let me lean on Thee.
Closer let Thine arms enfold me, closer to Thy breast
Draw my weary, trembling spirit, calm its doubts to rest;
Give me strength for every burden Thou hast borne for me;
Lord, Thy tender mercy pleading, let me lean on Thee.