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Words:
Elisha Albright Hoffman, in The Glad
Evangel for Revival, Camp, and Evangelistic Meetings
(Dalton, Georgia: A. J. Showalter & Company, 1887). Music Showalter, Anthony Johnson Showalter Showalter wrote this tune and words to the refrain after hearing from two friends whose wives had died, and asked Hoffman to write the rest of the lyrics. |
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What a
fellowship, what a joy divine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Refrain
Leaning,
leaning, safe and secure from all alarms;
Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms.
O how sweet
to walk in this pilgrim way,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
O how bright the path grows from day to day,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Refrain
What have I
to dread, what have I to fear,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Refrain
