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399: Where Are Now Those Doubts That Hindered

Meter:   8.7.8.7. D. Trochiac
Book:   1987 Song Book
Chapter:   The Gospel

1.
Where are now those doubts that hindered
All his will from being done?
When I saw my Lord they vanished
Like a mist before the sun.
No one now to me is dearer,
Daily I obey his call,
And I've pleasure in his service
More than all.

Chorus
I have pleasure in his service,
More than all, more than all.

2.
What would now be life without him,
I can scarcely dare to think;
Empty, purposeless and worthless,
In despair my heart would sink.
No, I'll never leave my Saviour,
I am his whate'er befall;
And I'll live with him for ever
After all.

3.
O the happiness he gives me
Far outweighs the toil and loss!
Sweetest joy I find in leading
Weary sinners to the cross.
Sore temptations may beset me,
Sorrow on my heart may fall;
But there's pleasure in his service
More than all.
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Where are now those doubts that hindered

Written at the request of Commissioner Thomas Coombs, for The tune 'Where is now the merry party?' The author said, 'He suggested the theme and I wrote the verses. They truly expressed, and express, my own experience, too'. The first and second verses appeared anonymously in The Young Soldier,30 June 1900, with a verse 'Where are now those chains that bound me' from a similar song by Lorelle Damon, which originally began 'Where are now the golden fancies'. Later the three verses by Ruth Tracy were published anonymously in The Deliverer, September 1905, but were signed 'R. T.' in The Deliverer, November 1911 and June 1913. The chorus was added to these verses in Salvation Army Songs 1930.

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Book: 1987 Tune Book
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Key: E♭
Alt. Key: --
Tempo: 96
Capo: --
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Meter:8.7.8.7. D. Trochiac

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442 - 1987 Tune Book

442: Pleasure In His Service

Book: 1987 Tune Book
Composer: Mrs J . Worthington Bliss
Lyricist: Mrs J . Worthington Bliss
Key: E♭
Alt. Key: --
Tempo: 72
Capo: --
Metronome:     ♩ = 72
Meter:8.7.8.7. D. Trochiac

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