Hymns have a Part

I'm leaning on the everlasting

arms of Christ my King

Amazing grace how sweet the sound

that makes my soul to sing

What a friend we have Jesus

if in him we trust & obey

And when we all get to Heaven

O, what a happy day!

There was a time in days gone by

When a man would find his strength

To carry on from day to day

In the hymns his heart could sing

Now it seems the thing my friend

Is to leave the old hymns out

And we've lost the story they tell

and that's the saddest thing

The time has come in the church's life

for us to bring in the sheaves

Just as I am washed whiter than snow

Oh, I've been redeemed

In my life, Lord

come and have thine own way

for in the old rugged cross & the rock of ages

My faith has found a resting place

So the next time you find yourself

with a hymn upon your heart

don't think they are old fashioned & throw them out

Cause all hymns still have a part.