Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus - story behind the hymn

Today's Friday Classic Hymn has a tragic story of loss and heartache - but through it all, the author Louis M.R. Stead found that trusting Jesus was the answer! She also became a missionary to my own country of South Africa.

➡️ Here's the performance of the song:    • Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus hymn -...  
And here's the sermon I mentioned:    • Presenting our Bodies as a Living Sac...  

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Sources I used for this video:
Dr Martin G Young. 2014. Insanity of Theology.
Kenneth W. Osbeck. 1985. 101 Hymn More Stories.

LYRICS:
1 'Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
and to take him at his word;
just to rest upon his promise,
and to know, "Thus saith the Lord."

Refrain:
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust him!
How I've proved him o'er and o'er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust him more!

2 O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
just to trust his cleansing blood;
and in simple faith to plunge me
neath the healing, cleansing flood!

3 Yes, 'tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
just from sin and self to cease;
just from Jesus simply taking
life and rest, and joy and peace.