Keeping Me

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How wondrous is God's saving grace

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: [How wondrous is God's saving grace]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 How wondrous is God’s saving grace,
That I his child should be!
Among his own he gives me place—
My Savior keepeth me.

Chorus:
Keeping me, keeping me,
From the pow’r of evil free;
Ev’rywhere I go ‘tis sweet to know
My Lord is keeping me.

2 When by the storm of sin distrest,
To his dear arms I flee;
In him I find abiding rest,
He ever keepeth me. [Chorus]

3 This is the burden of my heart,
My one, my only plea,
That thou thy Spirit wilt impart;
O Father! keep thou me. [Chorus]

Source: Inspiring Songs No. 1: for the Sunday school #134

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Author: Thoro Harris

Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	How wondrous is God's saving grace
Title:	Keeping Me
Author:	Thoro Harris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Keeping me, keeping me
Publication Date:	1906
Copyright:	Public Domain