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Author: C.A. Tindley Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: I often wonder why it is Lyrics: 1. I often wonder why it is, While some are happy and free, That I am tried and sore oppressed, But it may be the best for me. Chorus: It may be the best for me, It may be the best for me, The Lord knows the way And I will obey, It may be the best for me. 2. Some have the wealth to throw away, While I am compelled to be In want almost from day to day, But it may be the best for me. 3. I think of children with parents at home, What joy and comfort they see, While mine are gone and I am alone, But it may be the best for me. 4. Some walk in paths with flowers strewn, No burdens, no misery, While I must bear my cross alone, But it may be the best for me. Used With Tune: [I often wonder why it is]

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[I often wonder why it is]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. A. Tindley, D.D.; F. A. Clark Incipit: 53321 55655 33321 Used With Text: It May be the Best for Me

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I often wonder why it is (It may be the best for me)

Author: Charles A. Tindley Hymnal: Beams of Heaven #10 (2006) First Line: I often wonder why it is Refrain First Line: It may be the best for me Languages: English Tune Title: [I often wonder why it is]

It May Be the Best for Me

Author: C.A. Tindley Hymnal: Soul Echoes #19 (1909) First Line: I often wonder why it is Lyrics: 1. I often wonder why it is, While some are happy and free, That I am tried and sore oppressed, But it may be the best for me. Chorus: It may be the best for me, It may be the best for me, The Lord knows the way And I will obey, It may be the best for me. 2. Some have the wealth to throw away, While I am compelled to be In want almost from day to day, But it may be the best for me. 3. I think of children with parents at home, What joy and comfort they see, While mine are gone and I am alone, But it may be the best for me. 4. Some walk in paths with flowers strewn, No burdens, no misery, While I must bear my cross alone, But it may be the best for me. Languages: English Tune Title: [I often wonder why it is]

It May be the Best for Me

Author: C. A. Tindley, D.D. Hymnal: New Songs of Paradise #12 (1916) First Line: I often wonder why it is Languages: English Tune Title: [I often wonder why it is]

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Charles Albert Tindley

1851 - 1933 Person Name: Charles A. Tindley Author of "I often wonder why it is (It may be the best for me)" in Beams of Heaven

F. A. Clark

1868 - 1948 Person Name: Francis A. Clark Arranger of "[I often wonder why it is]" in Beams of Heaven F. A. Clark (Francis A.) was a respected Black musician and composer from Philadelphia. Dianne Shapiro, from "Charles Albert Tindley: Progenitor of Black-American Gospel Music," by Horace Clarence Boyer, in The Black Perspective in Music Vol. 11, No. 2 (Autumn, 1983), pp. 103-132 (retrieved online from JSTOR, 8/27/2020)