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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 2, 1882

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 8, No. 5.

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JESUS KNOWS.

THROUGH all the weary toil of life, Through all the battles, all the strife, Through all the hours with trouble fraught, There's comfort, blessing, in the thought That Jesus knows.
When troubles come, we cannot see Why life should full of suffering be, And tears come once, again, again, 'Tis comfort to the sufferer then, That Jesus knows.
When in temptation—through God's love, Through strength he gives us from above, We feel our love for him still lives, We conquer sin—what joy it gives That Jesus knows.
And in temptation when we fall, And feel ourselves despised by all, And when we feel that we must sink Deep into sin, ah! then we think That Jesus knows.
When untold care gnaws at the heart, And shows itself despite all art, When others call us cross, unkind, The sweet thought calms and soothes the mind, That Jesus knows.
And when we feel that we should tell The secret sins that in us dwell, We scarce need speak; our heads we lay On his dear breast, and weeping say That Jesus knows.
Some sad disgrace is known at last; Which happened in the weary past, And friends pass with averted eye, We know he will not pass us by— Yet Jesus knows.
When love proves false, and friends untrue, And leave the old friends for the new, There's nothing left for us to love, Ah! then the thought comes from above, That Jesus knows.
And all our sorrows, doubts, and tears, And all our longings, hopes, and fears, All that we do which leads to shame, All that we do for his blest name, Our Jesus knows.
We'll pray to him who always hears, We'll trust with him the coming years; We'll trust our future to his care, He'll show us what we have to bear, For Jesus knows.
And when our feet have safely passed All of this earthly road at last, We'll take his hand and softly pray, Lord, lead us home by the blest way That Jesus knows.
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