Would You Believe?
- Words:
- Caroline Sawyer
- Music:
- D. B. Towner
Sheet music
- 1If you could see Christ standing here tonight,His thorn-crowned head and pierced hands could view;Could see those eyes that beam with heav’n’s own light,And hear Him say:“Beloved, ’twas for you!”Will you believe, and Jesus receive,(Would you believe, and Jesus receive,)If He were standing here?(If He were standing here, were standing here?)Will you believe, and Jesus receive,(Would you believe, and Jesus receive,)If He were standing here?(If He were standing, if He were standing here?)
- 2If you could see that face, so calm and sweet,Those lips that spake words only pure and true;Could see the nail-prints in His tender feet,And hear Him say:“Beloved, ’twas for you!”Will you believe, and Jesus receive,(Would you believe, and Jesus receive,)If He were standing here?(If He were standing here, were standing here?)Will you believe, and Jesus receive,(Would you believe, and Jesus receive,)If He were standing here?(If He were standing, if He were standing here?)
- 3He whispers to your heart; turn not away,For He’s beside you in your narrow pew!If you will listen you will hear Him say,In loving tones:“Beloved, ’twas for you!”Will you believe, and Jesus receive,(Would you believe, and Jesus receive,)If He were standing here?(If He were standing here, were standing here?)Will you believe, and Jesus receive,(Would you believe, and Jesus receive,)If He were standing here?(If He were standing, if He were standing here?)
In the hymnals
- The words are in 49 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.