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[How safe is the soul that abides in the Lord]

[How safe is the soul that abides in the Lord]

Composer: Charles W. Naylor; Harmonizer: Barney Elliott Warren
Published in 4 hymnals


Audio files: MIDI

Composer: Charles W. Naylor

Naylor, Charles Wesley. (1874--1950). C. W. Naylor was born in southern Ohio and reared in Ohio and West Virginia by grandparents. At the age of nineteen he left the Methodist church for the Church of God. He worked for a while at the Gospel Trumpet Company in Grand Junction, Michigan and on some evangelistic tours. He was ordained in 1899 in Springfield, Ohio. He was first injured in 1908 in Florida while moving timbers from under a meeting tent. He suffered a dislocated kidney and other internal injuries. A year later he was in a bus accident that left him an invalid for the rest of his life. Naylor wrote eight books, many articles and pamphlets, many hymns and gospel songs, besides being a columnist in the Gospel Trumpet. --John W.… Go to person page >

Harmonizer: Barney Elliott Warren

Barney Elliott Warren was an American Christian hymnwriter and minister. See more in Wikipedia  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [How safe is the soul that abides in the Lord]
Composer: Charles W. Naylor
Harmonizer: Barney Elliott Warren
Meter: 11.8.11.8.8.8.11.8
Incipit: 55651 76555 11777
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

That Wicked One Toucheth Him Not

How safe is the soul that abides in the Lord,
Securely from sin hid away;
His anchor the promise of God’s written word,
To keep him by night and by day.

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Timeless Truths #442

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