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.