Lyrics safe in the arms of jesus

Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast,
There by His love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul shall rest.
Hark! ’tis the voice of angels,
Borne in a song to me,
Over the fields of Glory,
Over the jasper sea.

Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast,
There by His love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul shall rest.

Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe from corroding care,
Safe from the world’s temptations,
Sin cannot harm me there.
Free from the blight of sorrow,
Free from my doubts and fears;
Only a few more trials,
Only a few more tears.

Jesus, my heart’s dear refuge,
Jesus has died for me;
Firm on the Rock of Ages
Ever my trust shall be.
Here let me wait with patience,
Wait till the night is o’er,
Wait till I see the morning
Break on the golden shore.

Many a Christian has felt reassured by the words of this song when a loved one has died and is now “safe in the arms of Jesus”. When Fanny Crosby penned these lyrics, she intended them most directly for mothers who, like her, had lost children. A year after Fanny’s 1858 marriage to Alexander Van Alsteine, she gave birth to a child who soon died. It is not known whether the baby was a boy or a girl, and Fanny was always reluctant to talk about this. In later years, when she tried to comfort a grieving mother, she would often say, “Remember, my dear, your darling cherub is safe in the arms of Jesus.”

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The tune was written by musician Howard Doane, who knocked on Fanny’s apartment door in Manhattan, about nine years after the loss of her baby. He told her he had a tune for which she might be able to compose a poem. He had only forty minutes to spare before meeting a train, and as Fanny’s blindness prevented her from reading music, he hummed the tune. She listened, and delightedly declared, “Why, that says, ‘Safe in the arms of Jesus!’” She knelt in another room and asked God to give her the words quickly. In half an hour, she had composed the words in her mind and dictated them to Doane! How we have benefitted from Fanny Crosby’s answered prayer!

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WORDS: FANNY CROSBY MUSIC: WILLIAM HOWARD DOANES.A.SONG BOOK, 1987 EDITION, # 889; 2015 EDITION, # 544REFERENCE: MORGAN, ROBERT J., THEN SINGS MY SOUL

Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast;
There by His love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul shall rest.
Hark! ’tis the voice of angels
Borne in a song to me,
Over the fields of glory,
Over the jasper sea.

Refrain:
Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast;
There by His love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul shall rest.

Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe from corroding care,
Safe from the world’s temptations;
Sin cannot harm me there.
Free from the blight of sorrow,
Free from my doubts and fears;
Only a few more trials,
Only a few more tears!
Jesus, my heart’s dear Refuge,
Jesus has died for me;
Firm on the Rock of Ages
Ever my trust shall be.
Here let me wait with patience,
Wait till the night is o’er;
Wait till I see the morning
Break on the golden shore.

Hymn author: Fanny Crosby

Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast,
There by His love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul doth rest.
Hark! ’tis a song of heaven
Borne in the sweetest voice,
Echoed by saints in spirit,
Making my heart rejoice.

Refrain:

Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe on His gentle breast,
Thereby His love o’ershaded,
Sweetly my soul doth rest.

Safe in the arms of Jesus,
Safe from corroding care,
Safe from the world’s temptations,
Sin cannot harm me there.
Free from the blight of sorrow,
Free from my doubts and fears;
Only a few more trials,
Only a few more tears.

Jesus, my heart’s dear Refuge,
Jesus has died for me;
Firm on the Rock of Ages
Ever my trust shall be.
Here let me wait with patience,
Wait till the night is o’er,
Wait till I see the morning
Break on the golden shore.

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Story Behind “Safe in the Arms of Jesus”

Safe In the Arms of Jesus is a hymn that took the author, Fanny Crosby, only a few minutes to compose. It was a collaboration between William Howard Doan and Fanny Crosby.

It is said that Doan, a friend of Fanny Crosby, had only 40 minutes before the train that was to take him to Cincinnati was to leave but wanted a hymn. He wanted to use this hymn the following month at a statewide Sunday School convention in Cincinnati.

Fanny Crosby

Doan started playing the piano and Fanny Crosby felt the proper words for that music would be “Safe in the Arms of Jesus. She thought that that would be the appropriate hymn for boys and girls at the convention.

Then Fanny Crosby sat down and wrote the lyrics while Doane played through the tune as she continued to write. She says she was so caught up in the writing that nothing around her mattered.

At the end, she folded the piece of paper bearing the song and gave it to Mr. Doane. Doane had not read the words until he boarded the train.

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