How Can I Be Lonely
- Words:
- Haldor Lillenas
- Music:
- Haldor Lillenas
Sheet music
- 1One is walking with me over life’s uneven way,Constantly supporting me each moment of the day;How can I be lonely when such fellowship is mine,With my blessed Lord divine!How can I be lonely When I’ve Jesus onlyTo be my companion and unfailing guide:Why should I be weary, Or my path seem dreary,When He’s walking by my side?
- 2Days may bring their burdens and their trials as I go,But my Lord is near and helps to make them lighter grow;Life may have its crosses, or its losses, or increase,Jesus meets them all with peace.How can I be lonely When I’ve Jesus onlyTo be my companion and unfailing guide:Why should I be weary, Or my path seem dreary,When He’s walking by my side?
- 3In the hour of sad bereavement or of bitter loss,I can find support and consolation at the cross;Want or woe or suff'ring all seem glorified when HeDaily walks along with me.How can I be lonely When I’ve Jesus onlyTo be my companion and unfailing guide:Why should I be weary, Or my path seem dreary,When He’s walking by my side?
- 4In life’s rosy morning when the skies above are clear,In its noontide hours with many cares and problems near,Or when evening shadows fall at closing of my dayJesus will be there always.How can I be lonely When I’ve Jesus onlyTo be my companion and unfailing guide:Why should I be weary, Or my path seem dreary,When He’s walking by my side?
In the hymnals
- Written in 1928, the words are in 33 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.