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Jesus Will Care for Me

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1 Jesus will care for me,
No matter how weak I may be;
A friend I have found,
Whose love will abound,
I know He will care for me.

2 Jesus will comfort me,
And make all my sorrowing flee;
To Him will I cling,
My Saviour and King,
And Jesus will comfort me.

3 Jesus will shelter me,
When I from the danger may flee;
The storm-clouds that roll,
Cannot harm my soul,
For Jesus will shelter me.

Source: The Chorus of Praise: for use in Sunday Schools, Young People's Meetings, Revivals, Prayer Meetings, and All the Social Services of the Church #63

Author: Elisha A. Hoffman

Elisha Hoffman (1839-1929) after graduating from Union Seminary in Pennsylvania was ordained in 1868. As a minister he was appointed to the circuit in Napoleon, Ohio in 1872. He worked with the Evangelical Association's publishing arm in Cleveland for eleven years. He served in many chapels and churches in Cleveland and in Grafton in the 1880s, among them Bethel Home for Sailors and Seamen, Chestnut Ridge Union Chapel, Grace Congregational Church and Rockport Congregational Church. In his lifetime he wrote more than 2,000 gospel songs including"Leaning on the everlasting arms" (1894). The fifty song books he edited include Pentecostal Hymns No. 1 and The Evergreen, 1873. Mary Louise VanDyke… Go to person page >

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First Line: Jesus will care for me
Title: Jesus Will Care for Me
Author: Elisha A. Hoffman
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Chorus of Praise #63

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The Epworth Hymnal No. 3 #23

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