I must tell Jesus all of my trials

I must tell Jesus of all of my trials. Elisha Hoffman* (1839-1929). Written in 1893 after visiting a woman in trouble, to whom Hoffman spoke words of comfort, advising her to ‘take all of your sorrows to Jesus’. She replied ‘I must tell Jesus’, which gave Hoffman the germ of the hymn. It had a refrain and four stanzas. The refrain was: I must tell Jesus!I must tell Jesus!I cannot bear my burdens alone;I must tell Jesus!I must tell Jesus!Jesus can help me, Jesus alone. The stanzas preach comfort in times of distress, with an acknowledgment of vulnerability at the end: I must tell Jesus all of my trials;I cannot bear these burdens alone;In my distress He kindly will help me;He ever loves and...