God Will Take Care of You

About this song: I, Civilla, was con­fined to a sick bed in a Bi­ble school in Les­ter­shire, New York. My hus­band was spend­ing sev­er­al weeks at the school, mak­ing a song­book for the pres­i­dent of the school. “God Will Take Care of You” was writ­ten one Sun­day af­ter­noon while my hus­band went to a preach­ing ap­point­ment. When he re­turned I gave the words to him. He im­me­di­ate­ly sat down to his lit­tle bio Billhorn or­gan and wrote the music. That even­ing he and two of the teach­ers sang the com­plet­ed song. It was then print­ed in the song­book he was com­pil­ing for the school.

Civilla D. Martin (words), 1904; first appeared in Songs of Redemption and Praise, by John A. Davis, 1905. Walter S. Martin (music)

Shared with us (for us) by dear, faith-filled friends last evening ~

Be not dismayed whate’er betide,

God will take care of you;

Beneath His wings of love abide,

God will take care of you.

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God will take care of you,

Through every day, over all the way;

He will take care of you,

God will take care of you.

Through days of toil when heart doth fail,

God will take care of you;

When dangers fierce your path assail,

God will take care of you.

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All you may need He will provide,

God will take care of you;

Nothing you ask will be denied,

God will take care of you.

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No matter what may be the test,

God will take care of you;

Lean, weary one, upon His breast,

God will take care of you.

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Thank You, precious Lord, for these words written so long ago that have encouraged our hearts, minds, and spirits today!