GLADLY HE WILL CHEER YOUR HEART
©2002 Russell Hicks


Lost you a friend or a loved one so dear?
Or must you face that which you most fear?
A pain in your heart which unmercifully sears?
Need you your sadness turned into great cheer?

Are you hard-pressed on yet every side?
Emotionally burdened and mentally tried?
Just want to run far away and hide?
Come to the Saviour, and in Him abide!

Have you met my Saviour Jesus?
In our deep distress He sees us!
From sin and death He frees us:
He's loved us from the very start.
If you never once have met Him
Then, from Him, by sin you're kept apart;
Confess your sin and trust in Him
And gladly He will cheer your heart.

Need you a shoulder on which you can cry?
Think you that no one will hear your sigh?
Do you just wish you could curl up and die?
Come to the Saviour; no one He denies!

Stand and take heart; the Lord will never fail.
Over the gates of hell He doth prevail!
Heals He the ills and pains from which we ail.
Jesus loves you: His name be forever hailed!
Come, o thou weary one and rest
In thy dear Saviour's arms so blest.
He shall ne'er forsake, nor His promise break.
Gladly He will cheer your heart!

One day the face of our Saviour we'll see;
And every distress, every woe shall flee;
Then we shall sing and rejoice with glee:
"Praise to the Lord; He forever shall be!"