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Living By Faith

Representative Text

1 I care not today what the morrow may bring,
If shadow or sunshine or rain,
The Lord I know ruleth o’er everything,
And all of my worries are vain.

Refrain:
Living by faith in Jesus above,
Trusting, confiding in His great love;
From all harm safe in His sheltering arm,
I’m living by faith and feel no alarm.

2 Though tempests may blow and the storm clouds arise,
Obscuring the brightness of life,
I’m never alarmed at the overcast skies—
The Master looks on at the strife. [Refrain]

3 I know that He safely will carry me through,
No matter what evils betide;
Why should I then care though the tempest may blow,
If Jesus walks close to my side. [Refrain]

4 Our Lord will return for His loved ones some day,
Our troubles will then all be o’er;
The Master so gently will lead us away,
Beyond that blest heavenly shore. [Refrain]

Source: Timeless Truths #618

Author: James Wells

(no biographical information available about James Wells.) Go to person page >

Author (st. 4): R. E. Winsett

Robert Emmett Winsett (January 15, 1876 — June 26, 1952 (aged 76) was an American composer and publisher of Gospel music. Winsett was born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and graduated from the Bowman Normal School of Music in 1899. He founded his own publishing company in 1903, and his first publication, Winsett's Favorite Songs, quickly became popular among the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of the American South. Pentecostal Power followed in 1907; that year Winsett completed postgraduate work at a conservatory. He married Birdie Harris in 1908, and had three sons and two daughters with her. He settled in Fort Smith, Arkansas, continuing to compose gospel songs, of which he would write over 1,000 in total. He became a minister… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I care not today what the morrow may bring
Title: Living By Faith
Author: James Wells (1918)
Author (st. 4): R. E. Winsett (1918)
Meter: 11.8.11.8 with refrain
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Living by faith in Jesus above
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #3730
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Instances

Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #446

Page Scan

Evening Light Songs #488

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #111

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #400

Sacred Songs of the Church #531

Songs of Faith and Praise #560

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #3730

Text

Timeless Truths #618

Include 38 pre-1979 instances
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