I Will Tell It to Jesus My Lord

When times of temp­ta­tion bring sad­ness and gloom

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord;

The last of earth’s trea­sures borne out to the tomb

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord.

This earth hath no sor­row

For to­day or to­mor­row

But Je­sus hath known it and felt long ago

And when it comes o’er me

And I’m tempt­ed so sore­ly

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord.

I will tell it to Je­sus

to Je­sus my Lord;

I will tell it to Je­sus

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord.

When out on the hill­tops

away from all sin

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord;

When joy­ous and hap­py the sun­shine with­in

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord.

To know I’m for­giv­en

Is a fore­taste of Heav­en

And Je­sus is dear­er to me than be­fore

Such peace­ful­ness fills me

Such an ec­st­asy fills me

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord.

When wea­ry with toil­ing and rea­dy to faint

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord;

He nev­er re­fus­es to hear my com­plaint

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord.

I’ll cheer­ful­ly bear it

When I’ve Je­sus to share it

His yoke it is ea­sy

His bur­den is light

When life be­comes drea­ry

And I’m foot­sore and wea­ry

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord.

When dark­ness is dim­ming my path to the sky

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord;

When help­ers shall fail me and com­forts shall fly

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord.

Though blurred my life’s pag­es

By my sin and its wag­es

He’s yes­ter­day

now

and for­ev­er the same

I’ll not be for­sak­en

Tho’ my life should be tak­en

I will tell it to Je­sus my Lord.