Scripture Verse

Cast all your care upon Him, for He cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Sun­lit Songs, ed­it­ed by John Swe­ney, Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick & Hen­ry L. Gil­mour (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1890), num­ber 47. Some hymn­als give the au­thor as Sal­lie Smith, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: Phar­es John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

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John R. Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

Go to thy Sav­ior, O sad and oppressed,
Pillow thy head on His kind, loving breast;
Never a trial but Je­sus can feel,
Never a sorrow His love will not heal.

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He was afflicted and troubled as thou;
Go to thy Sav­ior, He calleth thee now;
Go with thy bur­den, whatever it be;
Jesus will tenderly share it with thee.

Hast thou temptations? He knoweth them all,
Seeth thy tears, like the raindrops that fall;
Hast thou been watching while others have slept?
Over thy spirit a watch He has kept.

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Art thou discouraged thy labor to see
Yielding no fruit of rejoicing for thee?
Weary of sowing thy seed on the plain,
Waiting the harvest and reaping in vain.

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Leave to the Sav­ior the work thou hast wrought,
Think not thy seed has been scattered for naught;
Jesus has guarded each blade as it grew,
He has refreshed it with sunlight and dew.

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