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God Will Supply Thy Need

Lift up thy head O toiling saint

Author: Rev. Frederic W. Farrar
Published in 2 hymnals


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1 Lift up thy head O toiling saint,
Thy Father’s promise heed;
He giveth might unto the faint,
God will supply thy need.

Refrain:
He will supply thy need,
He will supply thy need,
Yes, all the way from earth to heaven,
God will supply thy need.

2 Does He not see the sparrows fall,
The raven’s nestling feed,
Shall He not listen to thy call?
God will supply thy need. [Chorus]

3 According to His boundless wealth
In Christ the Lord, indeed,
For sickness He will give thee health,
God will supply thy need. [Chorus]

4 His love inspires the fleeting breath,
His wounds, His sorrows plead;
Oh, cling to Him in life and death,
God will supply thy need. [Chorus]


Source: Favorites Number 5: A Collection of Gospel Songs #32

Author: Rev. Frederic W. Farrar

Farrar, Frederic William, D.D., son of the Rev. Charles Penhorn Farrar, sometime a missionary in India, and late Rector of Sidcup, Kent. He was born at Bombay, Aug. 7th, 1831; and educated at King William's College, Isle of Man, and at King's College, London. In 1850 he obtained a classical exhibition, and in 1852 a scholarship at the University of London, whence, after taking the degree of B.A., he passed to Trinity College, Cambridge. There, in 1852, he took (with other prizes) the Chancellor's Prize in English verse, and graduated in first-class classical honours in 1854. In the same year he entered Holy Orders, and was subsequently for some time an assistant master at Harrow School. In 1871 he was appointed to the head mastership of Mar… Go to person page >

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First Line: Lift up thy head O toiling saint
Title: God Will Supply Thy Need
Author: Rev. Frederic W. Farrar
Language: English
Refrain First Line: He will supply thy need
Copyright: 1958 by Singspiration, Inc.

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