When We Walk with the Lord (Trust and Obey)

223 When We Walk with the Lord

1. When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,
   What a glory He sheds on our way!
   While we do His good will, He abides with us still,
   And with all who will trust and obey.

Refrain:
   Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
   To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

2. Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
   But our toil He doth richly repay;
   Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,
   But is blessed if we trust and obey.

3. But we never can prove the delights of His love
   Until all on the altar we lay;
   For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,
   Are for them who will trust and obey.

4. Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet,
   Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
   What He says we will do, where He sends we will go;
   Never fear, only trust and obey.
                         John H. Sammis
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1964 edition

<idle musing>
I was very surprised to see that this hymn only occurs in about 450 hymnals. An interesting side note is that he pastored a Presbyterian church here in Red Wing for a while. He eventually ended up at BIOLA.

I mused on this hymn about ten years ago.

Hymnary.org inserts a verse, which I do recall singing, so my memory of this hymn must not be primarily from the Methodist hymnal:

Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

</idle musing>