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I Need His Care

Representative Text

1 From day to day I need the tender care
Of Him, who always notes the sparrow’s fall;
And, oh, how sweet it is for me to feel
That He will hear me when to Him I call.

Refrain:
I need my Father’s care, I need his tender care,
For oft my weary way grows rough and dim;
But love divine I know, will never, never fail,
And it is sweet to trust in him.

2 More valued in my Father’s loving sight
I know this life of mine must surely be,
Than is the bird or flow’r so small and frail;
Then will he not in love remember me? [Refrain]

3 I need his care and I will ever claim
In faith the help each day and hour demands,
Whate’er the span of life to me may bring,
I gladly leave it in my Father’s hands. [Refrain]

Source: His Worthy Praise #9

Author: Jennie Wilson

Wilson, Jennie Bain. (d. 3 September 1913). Obituaries available in the DNAH Archives.… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: From day to day I need the tender care
Title: I Need His Care
Author: Jennie Wilson
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I need my Father's care
Publication Date: 1914
Copyright: Public Domain

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His Worthy Praise #9

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