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Fear Not! God is Thy Shield

Author: R. G. Taylor Appears in 14 hymnals Refrain First Line: Fear no! 'tis God's own voice Topics: Devotional; Morning and Evening Used With Tune: [Fear not! God is thy shield]

[Fear not! God is thy shield]

Appears in 12 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. C. Stebbins Incipit: 51512 33432 1251 Used With Text: Fear not! 'tis God's own voice

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Author: R. G. Taylor Hymnal: The New Canadian Hymnal #218 (1916) Refrain First Line: Fear no! 'tis God's own voice Topics: Devotional; Morning and Evening Tune Title: [Fear not! God is thy shield]

Fear Not! God is Thy Shield

Author: R. G. Taylor Hymnal: The New Canadian Hymnal #218 (1921) Refrain First Line: Fear no! 'tis God's own voice Languages: English Tune Title: [Fear not! God is thy shield]

Fear Not!

Author: E. G. Taylor Hymnal: Gospel Hymns No. 5 #48 (1887) First Line: Fear not! God is thy shield Refrain First Line: Fear not! 'tis God's own voice Lyrics: 1 Fear not! God is thy shield, And He thy great reward; His might has won the field: Thy strength is in the Lord! Refrain: Fear not! ‘tis God’s own voice That speaks to thee this word; Lift up your head: rejoice In Jesus Christ thy Lord. 2 Fear not! for God has heard The cry of thy distress; The water of His word Thy fainting soul shall bless. [Refrain] 3 Fear not! be not dismayed! He evermore will be With thee, to give His aid, And He will strengthen thee. [Refrain] 4 Fear not! ye little flock; Your Shepherd soon will come, Give water from the rock, And bring you to His home! [Refrain] Scripture: Genesis 15:1 Languages: English Tune Title: [Fear not! God is thy shield]

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Edward G. Taylor

1830 - 1887 Person Name: R. G. Taylor Author of "Fear Not! God is Thy Shield" in The New Canadian Hymnal Taylor, Edward G. (Fox Chase, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 25, 1830--April 10, 1887, Buffalo, New York). University of Lewisburgh, 1854; Rochester Theological Seminary, 1856. Pastorates at Terre Haute, Indiana, 1857-1860; Cincinnati, Ohio, 1860-1864; Chicago, Illinois, 1864-1870; New Orleans, Louisiana, 1870-1875; Providence, Rhode Island, 1875-1881; New York, 1881-1882; Newark, New Jersey, ?; Buffalo, N.Y., 1885-1887. Taylor was the author of a large number of hymns for use in Sunday schools. In the Service of Song for Social Meetings (1881) is one of his hymns that begins "Deal kindly with my master," with music by George W. Stebbins. Stebbins also composed music for Taylor's "Not saved are we by trying." For most of his hymns, Taylor composed the music as well as the words. Among these are the following: Able to save the uttermost is he All my trust is in Thee, Jesus Arise and be doing, the Lord be with Thee Calleth the Savior in tones of love Glad the ransomed of Jehovah O Lord from thy dwelling place hear our hearts say One thing I know, I was blind but now see Serve the Lord with willing mind Thank God for the Bible, more precious than gold The happy morn has dawned at last Trust him sinner, trust him now Why sit we here until we die Wine is a mocker, and strong drink is raging One hymn is a rendering into verse of Samuel 2:9, "At the King's table the kindness of God." --Alan Wingard, DNAH Archives

George C. Stebbins

1846 - 1945 Person Name: Geo. C. Stebbins Composer of "[Fear not! God is thy shield]" in The New Canadian Hymnal Stebbins studied music in Buffalo and Rochester, New York, then became a singing teacher. Around 1869, he moved to Chicago, Illinois, to join the Lyon and Healy Music Company. He also became the music director at the First Baptist Church in Chicago. It was in Chicago that he met the leaders in the Gospel music field, such as George Root, Philip Bliss, & Ira Sankey. At age 28, Stebbins moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where he became music director at the Claredon Street Baptist Church; the pastor there was Adoniram Gordon. Two years later, Stebbins became music director at Tremont Temple in Boston. Shortly thereafter, he became involved in evangelism campaigns with Moody and others. Around 1900, Stebbins spent a year as an evangelist in India, Egypt, Italy, Palestine, France and England. (www.hymntime.com/tch)