May 6, 2013
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When I was a kid in boarding school in Africa, we had “prayers” (a devotion time) every afternoon before supper. If it was raining, it would be impossible to hear the teacher because the rain was deafening on the tin roof. So instead we would “sing through the alphabet,” choruses starting with each letter in succession. All Your Anxiety was one of the favorites for the letter “A,” the other being At the Cross. We had to sing loudly to hear ourselves over the rain!
All Your Anxiety
Edward H. Joy
Is there a heart bent, o’erbound by sorrow?
Is there a life weighed down by care?
Come to the cross, each burden bearing;
All your anxiety–leave it there.
Refrain:
All your anxiety, all your care,
Bring to the mercy seat; leave it there
Never a burden He cannot bear,
Never a friend like Jesus.
No other friend so swift to help you,
No other friend so quick to hear,
No other place to leave your burden,
No other one to hear your prayer.
Refrain
Come then at once; delay no longer!
Heed His entreaty kind and sweet,
You need not fear a disappointment;
You shall find peace at the mercy seat.
Refrain
