Scripture Verse

He careth for you. 1 Peter 5:7

Introduction

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Bentley Ackley
(1872–1958)

Words: Sher­rard Beat­ty, 1915.

Music: Bent­ley D. Ack­ley (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Beat­ty (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Nobody cares, said an out­cast one day;
My life has been ru­ined, I drift­ed away;
Entrapped by the ev­il one in­to his snares,
Forsaken by all—no­bo­dy cares!

Refrain

Nobody cares? That may have been true;
But wan­der­ing one, we are pray­ing for you;
O list to the sto­ry of love ev­er new;
Jesus, my Sav­ior, cares for you.

Nobody cares, said ano­ther in sin;
Since ev­ery­thing’s gone, who will now take me in?
My father’s for­got­ten me, mo­ther is gone,
And no­bo­dy cares—I’m left alone.

Refrain

Nobody cares, said a man in his cell;
I’m reap­ing the har­vest I’ve sown so well;
They say I’m a wreck, come, look now and see,
There’s no­bo­dy cares for me, for me.

Refrain

Come, bur­dened heart, with thy sin-la­den soul;
The Sav­ior is waiting to make thee whole;
Sweet rest He has pro­mised—His pro­mise is true,
For God in His love car­eth for you.

Refrain