The Cyber Hymnal ‎#2076

2076. God Will Take Care of You (Martin)

1. Be not dismayed whate’er betide,
God will take care of you;
Beneath His wings of love abide,
God will take care of you.

Refrain
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.

2. 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. [Refrain]

3. 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. [Refrain]

4. 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. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Be not dismayed whate'er betide
• Title: God Will Take Care of You (Martin)
• Author: Civilla Durfee Martin (1904)
• Refrain First Line: God will take care of you
• Language: English
• Source: First appeared in Songs of Redemption and Praise, by John A. Davis, 1905
• Notes: I 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 Bilhorn 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. This song is cred­it­ed for trans­form­ing the life of James Cash Pen­ney, found­er of the Amer­i­can de­part­ment store chain J. C. Pen­ney. He heard it one morn­ing in the cha­pel of the Kel­logg San­i­tar­i­um in Bat­tle Creek, Mi­chi­gan, where he had been hos­pi­tal­ized with a se­vere case of shin­gles, as well as ex­haust­ion and de­press­ion.

Tune Information

• Name: [Be not dismayed whate'er betide]
• Composer: Walter Stillman Martin
• Key: B♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain