…casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
1 Peter 5:7
Words: H. A. César Malan (1787–1864). Translated from French to English by Jane E. Arnold, Lyra Evange-lica (London: John F. Shaw, 1866), pages 36–37.
Music: James McGranahan, 1882 (🔊 pdf nwc). Appeared in The Gospel Choir, edited by Ira D. Sankey & James McGranahan (New York: Biglow & Main, 1885), page 9.
If you know where to get a good photo of Arnold (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
How sweet, my Savior, to repose
On Thine almighty power!
To feel Thy strength upholding me,
Thro’ every trying hour!
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Casting all your care upon Him,
Casting all your care upon Him,
Casting all your care upon Him,
For He careth, He careth for you.
It is Thy will that I should cast
My every care on Thee;
To Thee refer each rising grief,
Each new perplexity.
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That I should trust Thy loving care,
And look to Thee alone,
To calm each troubled thought to rest,
In prayer before Thy throne.
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Why should my heart then be distressed
By dread of future ill?
Or why should unbelieving fear
My trembling spirit fill?
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