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Text:Consider the Lilies
Author:Alice Brotherton
Tune:BROTHERTON
Media:MIDI file

933. Consider the Lilies

Consider the lilies—how stately they grow!
They toil not, they spin not, no seed do they sow;
Yet they bloom all the summer, so shining and tall,
The Father who loves them takes thought for them all.

Consider the ravens—who gives them their food?
Who shelters their nest in the storm beaten wood?
Who guides the young sparrow? who watches its fall?
Their Father in Heaven takes heed for them all.

Our Father in Heaven, Thy children on earth
Than lilies or ravens Thou holdest more worth:
O guide us and guard us, be near when we call,
Uphold us, enfold us—we thank Thee for all!

Text Information
First Line: Consider the lilies--how stately they grow
Title: Consider the Lilies
Author: Alice Brotherton (1905)
Language: English
Source: Horder's Worship Song, 1905
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: BROTHERTON
Incipit: 14561 76531 23535
Key: D Major
Source: Somerset folk song



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