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Text:He that is down needs fear no fall
Author:John Bunyan, 1628-1688
Tune:YORK
Arranger:J. Milton, died 1647

405. He that is down needs fear no fall

1 He that is down needs fear no fall,
he that is low no pride;
he that is humble ever shall
have God to be his guide.

2 I am content with what I have,
little be it or much:
and, Lord, contentment still I crave,
because thou savest such.

3 Fullness to such a burden is
that go on pilgrimage:
here little, and hereafter bliss,
is best from age to age.

Text Information
First Line: He that is down needs fear no fall
Author: John Bunyan, 1628-1688
Meter: C.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: General Hymns: Christian Vocation and Witness
Tune Information
Name: YORK
Arranger: J. Milton, died 1647
Meter: C.M.
Key: F Major
Source: Psalms, Edinburgh, 1615



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