The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement

Kind are the words that Jesus speaks

No. 698
Metre C. M.
Tune NOTTING HILL.
Words Anon.
Music C. H. Purdy.
Key B-flat major
Singing key B♭ major
Time 3/2
4 stanzas

Words

Kind are the words that Jesus speaksTo cheer the drooping saint:My grace sufficient is for you,Though nature's powers may faint.

My grace its glories shall display,And make your griefs remove;Your weakness shall the triumphs tellOf boundless power and love.

O thou, my Saviour and my Lord,'Tis good to trust thy name;Thy power, thy faithfulness and love,Will ever be the same.

Weak as I am, yet through thy graceI all things can perform,And, smiling, triumph in thy nameAmid the raging storm.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—COMFORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.»; hymn number «698» (large), tune name «NOTTING HILL. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «C. H. PURDY.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Kind»: «1. Kind are the words that Je - sus speaks To cheer the droop - ing saint:» / «My grace suf - fi - cient is for you, Though na-ture's powers may faint.». The italic reference line «114, 179, 702.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 114, 179 or 702) stands under the music in the left column; stanzas 2–4 follow as text, numbered «2»–«4» (written «2.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book), with «Anon.» in italics after stanza 4. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «;» («remove ;», «name ;»); it is closed up here, and the apostrophes («nature's», «'Tis») are written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals («Saviour») are the print's.