Nobody Knows But Jesus

Words:
Frances R. Havergal
Music:
Jackson Leslie

Sheet music

  1. 1Nobody knows but Jesus;'Tis but an old refrain,But it is new to my heart,Now as it comes again.Nobody knows but Jesus:It is not better so?That no one else but JesusMy own dear Lord, shall know.
  2. 2Nobody knows but Jesus;'Tis music for today;And thro' the hardest trials.Helps me along the way.Nobody knows but Jesus:It is not better so?That no one else but JesusMy own dear Lord, shall know.
  3. 3Burdens might be so heavyThat dear ones could not bearTo know the bitter heartaches:They could not come and share.Nobody knows but Jesus:It is not better so?That no one else but JesusMy own dear Lord, shall know.
  4. 4Nobody knows but Jesus;My Lord, I bless Thee nowFor the great gift of sorrow,That no one knows but Thou.Nobody knows but Jesus:It is not better so?That no one else but JesusMy own dear Lord, shall know.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1878, the words are in 31 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.

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