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God Will Not Fail

God will not fail you, Though wrong assail you

Author: Alice Jean Cleator
Tune: [God will not fail you]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 God will not fail you,
Tho’ wrong assail you,
If to His pow’r you look for aid;
Then trusting ever,
And doubting never,
Press forward, trust, be not dismayed.

Refrain:
God never fails! He never fails!
Tho’mighty host of sin assails;
More strong His pow’r than coming foe,
Who trusts in Him shall vict’ry know;
God never fails! He never fails!
Tho’mighty host of sin assails;
No one to Him has looked in vain,
Press on the vict’ry to attain!

2 God will not fail you,
Tho’wrong assail you,
From His high throne He watches all;
His pow’r defending,
His host attending,
The mighty foe in fear shall fall. [Refrain]

3 God will not fail you,
Tho’wrong assail you,
With Him shall one a thousand prove;
His pow’r if glorious,
His arm victorious,
His mighty hosts to vict’ry move. [Refrain]

Source: Jubilate : A Modern Sunday-School Hymnal #52

Author: Alice Jean Cleator

Alice Jean Cleator, 1871-1926 Born: Cir­ca 1871, An­dre­as, Isle of Man, Eng­land. Died: Cir­ca April 27, 1926, Cleve­land, Ohio. Cleator’s family ev­i­dent­ly em­igrat­ed to Amer­i­ca in the 1870’s. She was liv­ing in Clar­idon, Ohio, in 1880, & Geau­ga Coun­ty, Ohio, in 1900, 1910, & 1920. She taught school in New York Ci­ty, re­tir­ing some time be­fore 1915. --hymntime.com/tch/ Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: God will not fail you, Though wrong assail you
Title: God Will Not Fail
Author: Alice Jean Cleator
Language: English
Refrain First Line: God never fails
Copyright: Public Domain

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Jubilate #52

Jubilate Sunday School Hymnal #52

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