The Cyber Hymnal ‎#6839

6839. Take Not Thought for Food or Raiment

1. Take not thought for food or raiment,
Careful one, so anxiously;
For the king Himself provideth
Food and clothes for thee.

2. He who daily feeds the sparrows,
He Who clothes the lilies bright,
More than birds and flowers holds thee
Precious in His sight.

3. Wouldst thou give a stone, a serpent,
To thy pleading child for food?
And shall not thy heavenly Father
Give thee what is good?

4. On the heart that careth for thee
Rest thou then from sorrow free;
For of all most tender fathers
None so good as He.

5. Seek thou first His gracious promise,
Treasure stored in Heav’n above;
So thou may’st entrust all other
Safely to His love.

6. Unto Thee, O bounteous Father,
Glory, honor, praise be done;
With the Son and Holy Spirit,
God for ever One.

Text Information

• First Line: Take not thought for food or raiment
• Title: Take Not Thought for Food or Raiment
• Latin Title: Cur aut amictus aut cibi
• Meter: 887.85
• Language: English
• Source: Translated from Latin to English by the compilers of Hymns Ancient and Modern; Unknown author in Chalons-sur-Marne Breviary, 1736
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ST. CLARE
• Composer: Alfred James Eyre (1889)
• Meter: 887.85
• Incipit: 33636 71233 45643
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1889
• Copyright: Public Domain