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Begone! Unbelief, My Savior Is Near
Revival hymn by John Newton (1715–1807), 1779 Tunes: Lyons; Paderborn
ARTIST: George Pullen Jackson 1934; John Newton (1715–1807), 1779
CATEGORY: Traditional Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: 1779; published Georgia Olive Leaf in 1841
RECORDING INFO: Begone! Unbelief, My Savior Is Near
OTHER NAMES: "Begone! Unbelief"
SOURCES: Lyrics from Hymns for the Use of the New Church, 1846 (no. 463)
NOTES: "Begone! Unbelief, My Savior Is Near" with lyrics by Newton was adpated by US churches in the 1800 and was first published Georgia Olive Leaf in 1841. It appears in George P. Jackon's "Spiritual Folk-Songs" as No. 117.
Jackson compares this tune to the African-American spiritual "I'm Troubled in Mind" found in Jubilee singers 1884 book. This is one of the few hymns to mention the word Ebenezer, along with Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing. Lyrics arranged somewhat differently, and in a different combination, by Mark Hamilton Dewey (b. 1980), 2007
BEGONE! UNBELIEF- John Newton (1715–1807), 1779; Tunes: Lyons; Paderborn
Lyrics from A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 1841; Hymn 103; 10 10 11 11
1. Begone! unbelief, my Savior is near,
And for my relief will surely appear;
By prayer let me wrestle, and he will perform,
With Christ in the vessel, I smile at the storm.
2. Tho' dark be my way, since he is my guide,
'Tis mine to obey, 'tis his to provide;
Tho' cisterns be broken, and creatures all fail,
The word he has spoken shall surely prevail.
3. His love in time past forbids me to think
He'll leave me at last in trouble to sink;
Each sweet Ebenezer I have in review,
Confirms his good pleasure to bring me quite through.
4. Since all that I meet shall work for my good,
The bitter and sweet, the med'cine is food:
Tho' painful at present, 'twill cease before long,
And then, O how pleasant the conqueror's song.
BEGONE! UNBELIEF- Version 2 Lyrics from Hymns for the Use of the New Church, 1846 (no. 463)
1. Begone, unbelief! my Savior is near,
And for my relief will surely appear:
His way was much rougher and darker than mine:
Did Jesus then suffer, and shall I repine?
2. Though dark be my way, since he is my guide,
'Tis mine to obey, 'tis his to provide:
Experience hath taught me on him to repose,
Who thus far hath brought me secure from my foes.
3. Why should I complain, when sorrows oppress,
Temptation, or pain, or want, or distress?
The heirs of salvation, I know from his Word,
Through much tribulation must follow their Lord.
4. The promise secure through ages hath stood,
That all we endure shall work for our good:
Though painful at present the path may be found,
It leads where, incessant, true pleasures abound.
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