Leave It to Him

Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin

Pseudonym: R. E. Jeremy. Rankin, Jeremiah Eames, D.D., was born at Thornton, New Haven, Jan. 2, 1828, and educated at Middleburg College, Vermont, and at Andover. For two years he resided at Potsdam, U.S. Subsequently he held pastoral charges as a Congregational Minister at New York, St. Albans, Charlestown, Washington ( District of Columbia), &c. In 1878 he edited the Gospel Temperance Hymnal, and later the Gospel Bells. His hymns appeared in these collections, and in D. E. Jones's Songs of the New Life, 1869. His best known hymn is "Labouring and heavy laden" (Seeking Christ). This was "written [in 1855] for a sister who was an inquirer," was first printed in the Boston Recorder, and then included in Nason's Congregational Hymn Book,… Go to person page >

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First Line: Why go around with troubled soul
Title: Leave It to Him
Author: Jeremiah Eames Rankin
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Leave it to Him who knoweth all
Copyright: Public Domain

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All Hail #d226

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Our Best Endeavor #d177

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Rich in Blessing #152

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Salvation Songs #43

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Sixty Scripture Songs #111

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Songs of the Pentecost for the Forward Gospel Movement #43

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Special Songs #31

The Praise Hymnal #377

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The Revival No. 2 #34

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The Young People's Hymnal #138

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Words of Truth #102

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