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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 380 · Words: Luther B. Bridgers · Tune: SWEETEST NAME
There's Within My Heart a Melody
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A gospel hymn written by Luther B. Bridgers in 1910, expressing the joy and peace found in Jesus amid life's troubles. Bridgers reportedly wrote it after the tragic loss of his wife and children in a fire, making its message of melody and peace deeply personal.
Verse 1
There’s within my
heart a melody
Jesus whispers
sweet and low:
Fear not, I am with thee,
peace, be still,
in all of life’s
ebb and flow.
Refrain
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
sweetest name I know,
fills my every longing,
keeps me singing as I go.
Verse 2
All my life was wrecked
by sin and strife,
discord filled my
heart with pain;
Jesus swept across
the broken strings,
stirred the slumbering
chords again.
Refrain
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
sweetest name I know,
fills my every longing,
keeps me singing as I go.
Verse 3
Though sometimes
he leads through
waters deep,
trials fall across the way,
though sometimes
the path seems
rough and steep,
see his footprints
all the way.
Refrain
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
sweetest name I know,
fills my every longing,
keeps me singing as I go.
Verse 4
Feasting on the
riches of his grace,
resting neath his
sheltering wing,
always looking on
his smiling face,
that is why I
shout and sing.
Refrain
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
sweetest name I know,
fills my every longing,
keeps me singing as I go.
Verse 5
Soon he’s coming back
to welcome me
far beyond
the starry sky;
I shall wing
my flight to
worlds unknown;
I shall reign
with him on high.
Refrain
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus,
sweetest name I know,
fills my every longing,
keeps me singing as I go.
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