C      G      Am     G
In the secret of His presence
F      C       F        G
How my soul delights to hide
C       G        Am      G
Oh, how precious are the lessons
F       C        F     G
Which I learn at Jesus' side
Am      G     F       G
Earthly cares forever vex me,
Am        G      F      G
While thy trials lay me low;
F        G     F        G
But when Satan comes to tempt me,
F       G      F  G    Am
To that secret place I go,
F      G       F G    C
To the secret place I go.

[Verse 2]
C       G       Am        G
When my soul is faint and thirsty,
F          C      F       G
'neath the shadow of Your wings
C        G        Am       G
There is cool and pleasant shelter,
F      C         F      G
and a fresh and crystal spring;
Am     G      F     G
And my Savior rests beside me,
Am    G    F          G
As we hold communion sweet:
F    G         F        G
If I tried, I could not utter
F       G         F G     Am
what He says when thus we meet,
F       G          F G    C
What He says when thus we meet.

[Verse 3]
C     G     Am      G
Only this I know: I tell Him
F      C          F          G
All my doubts, my griefs and fears;
C        G    Am    G
Oh, how patiently He listens
F       C        F      G
And my sorrowed soul He cheers:
Am     G         F      G
Do you think He ne'er reproves me?
Am     G            F        G
What a false Friend He would be,
F     G       F        G
If He never, never told me
F      G         F G      Am
of the sin which He must see,
F      G         F G     C
Of the sin which He must see.

[Verse 4]
C          G       Am       G
Would you like to know the sweetness
F      C      F      G
of the secret of the Lord?
C       G      Am       G
Go and hide beneath His shadow:
F          C       F     G
this shall then be your reward;
Am     G         F      G
And whene'er you leave the silence
Am      G     F       G
of that happy meeting place,
F        G       F        G
You will surely bear the image
F      G       F G     Am
of the Master in your face,
F      G         F G   C
Of the Master in your face.