God Will Take Care

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God will take care of me, Here will I rest

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [God will take care of me] (Kirkpatrick)
Published in 14 hymnals

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1 God will take care of me;
Here I will rest,
Trusting His promise true,
Safe on His breast.
Changeful may be my lot,
His mercy changeth not;
No child of His forgot,
In Jesus, blest.

2 God will take care of me,
Hushing my fear;
When dangers ’round I see,
His voice I hear;
Then let my soul be brave,
High tho’ the wind and wave,
Greater His pow’r to save,
Tenderly near.

3 God will take care of me,
Holding the helm;
Storms that may sweep the sea
Will not o’erwhelm.
Soon, ev’ry billow pass’d,
I shall my anchor cast,
Safe, safe at home at last,
In joy’s bright realm.

Source: The Best of All: complete #S5

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Author: Eliza E. Hewitt

Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >

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