1 

I've tried in vain a thousand ways

My fears to quell, my hopes to raise;

But what I need, the Bible says,

   Is ever, only Jesus.

 2 

My soul is night, my heart is steel —

I cannot see, I cannot feel;

For light, for life I must appeal

   In simple faith to Jesus.

 3 

He died, He lives, He reigns, He pleads;

There's love in all His words and deeds;

There's all a guilty sinner needs

   Forevermore in Jesus.

 4 

Though some should sneer, and some should blame,

I'll go with all my guilt and shame;

I'll go to Him because His name,

   Above all names, is Jesus.