Thou Art Able

Thou art able, blessed Jesus

Author: Jean Sophia Pigott
Tune: [Thou art able, blessed Jesus]
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1 Thou art able, blessed Jesus,
E’en Thy weakest ones to keep;
And Thy faithfulness is ever
As a vast and shoreless deep.
‘Tis Thine own right hand upholds us,
While Thy tenderness enfolds us,
And Thou bidd’st us cease to weep.

2 Thou art able; Thou who holdest
Waves and tempests in Thy hand;
Safely, surely Thou wilt pilot
Thy beloved to the land;
And since Thy sweet peace Thou givest,
Since Thou lovest and Thou livest,
Ev’ry cloud is rainbow-spann’d.

3 Thou art able, glorious Saviour!
Oh, the rapture of the thought!
Shall we find it hard to trust Thee,
Where all life with love is fraught?
Thou, whose love is never sleeping,
For the sweetness of Thy keeping,
Can we praise Thee as we ought?

4 Thou art able! We adore thee!
We ascribe to Thee the power,
And glad anthems to Thy glory
We would sing each day and hour:
While the joy of now possessing
IN Thyself each promised blessing
Is our sweet, unending dower.


Source: Hymns of Consecration and Faith #205

Author: Jean Sophia Pigott

Jean Sophia Pigott United Kingdom 1845-1882. Born at Leixlip, Ireland, she was a poet and hymn lyricist. She wrote “A royal service and other poems” (1877). She was a sister to William Frederick Pigott ,a missionary to China, He was murdered in the 1901 Boxer Rebellion, along with 76 other missionaries working with missionary, Hudson Taylor, but in other parts of China.. Taylor was overcome with grief to hear of the massacre, and took much comfort in Pigott’s hymn. She died at Leixlip, Ireland. John Perry Go to person page >

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First Line: Thou art able, blessed Jesus
Title: Thou Art Able
Author: Jean Sophia Pigott
Language: English
Publication Date: 1902
Copyright: This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.

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