Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Words by Elisha A. Hoffman and Anthony J. Showalter, 1887.
Verse 1. What a fellowship, what a joy divine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Refrain Leaning, leaning,
Safe and secure from all alarms;
Leaning, leaning,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Verse 2. O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
O how bright the path grows from day to day,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
Verse 3. What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
Leaning on the everlasting arms?
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.
The refrain is sung after each verse.
Text copied from Christ in Song (1908). The words were published in 1887, which places them in the public domain in the United States, so your church may print them, show them and sing them without a license.
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