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[I know that foes will oft assail me]

Appears in 24 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: W. W. Combs Incipit: 51315 35666 23217 Used With Text: He Understands and Cares for Me
[I know that foes will oft assail me]

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He Understands and Cares for Me

Author: J. M. Cain Appears in 29 hymnals First Line: I know that foes will oft assail me Used With Tune: [I know that foes will oft assail me]
He Understands and Cares for Me

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He Understands and Cares for Me

Author: J. M. Cain Hymnal: Higher Ground #13 (1954) First Line: I know that foes will oft assail me Languages: English Tune Title: [I know that foes will oft assail me]
He Understands and Cares for Me

He Understands and Cares for Me

Author: J. M. Cain Hymnal: Songs of Joy #15 (1953) First Line: I know that foes will oft assail me Languages: English Tune Title: [I know that foes will oft assail me]
He Understands and Cares for Me

He Understands and Cares for Me

Author: J. M. Cain Hymnal: Crimson Glow #17 (1951) First Line: I know that foes will oft assail me Languages: English Tune Title: [I know that foes will oft assail me]
He Understands and Cares for Me

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W. W. Combs

1883 - 1974 Composer of "[I know that foes will oft assail me]" in Melodies of Joy William Walker Combs Born: June 1883, Lo­cust Grove, Georg­ia. Died: Date un­known; the 1940 cen­sus shows him in Dal­las, Tex­as. Combs’ par­ents were Will­iam Mc­Col­lough Combs & Ma­ry Eliz­a­beth Walk­er Combs. He marr­ied Flo­rence Bow­man in 1909. His works in­clude: The Voice in Sing­ing: Its Care and De­vel­op­ment, 1938 Modern Mu­sic Read­er (Stamps-Bax­ter Mu­sic and Print­ing Com­pa­ny, 1939) © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
W. W. Combs

J. M. Cain

Author of "He Understands and Cares for Me" in Melodies of Joy
J. M. Cain
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