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Leaning on the Everlasting Arms – Twelve-Handbell Version

I love the hymns my church sang when I was a teenager. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms was always an expression of the total joy that comes from relying on God’s power to live life.

What a fellowship, what a joy divine, leaning on the everlasting arms;
what a blessedness, what a peace is mine, leaning on the everlasting arms.

    Leaning, leaning, safe and secure from all alarms;
    Leaning, leaning, leaning on the everlasting arms.

O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way, leaning on the everlasting arms;
O how bright the path grows from day to day, leaning on the everlasting arms.

What have I to dread, what have I to fear, leaning on the everlasting arms?
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near, leaning on the everlasting arms.

Hymn tune: SHOWALTER
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