Consider the Lilies

Consider the lilies, how stately they grow

Author: Alice Williams Brotherton
Published in 28 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 Consider the lilies,
How stately they grow;
They toil not, they spin not,
No seed do they sow;
Yet they bloom all the summer,
So shining and tall,—
The Father, who loves them
Takes tho’t for them all.

Refrain:
Consider the lilies,
Consider the lilies,
Consider the lilies,
They bloom all the summer,
So shining and tall,—
The Father, who loves them
Takes tho’t for them all.

2 Consider the ravens,—
Who gives them their food?
Who shelter their nests in
The storm-beaten wood?
Who guides the young sparrow?
Who watches its fall?
Their Father in Heaven
Takes heed for them all. [Refrain]

3 Our Father in Heaven,
Thy children on earth
Than lilies or ravens
Thou holdest more worth.
Oh guide us and guard us,
Be near when we call,
Uphold us, enfold us,—
We thank Thee for all. [Refrain]

Source: Boundless Love: for Sunday Schools and Gospel Meetings #7

Author: Alice Williams Brotherton

Brotherton, Alice, née Williams, born at Cambridge, Ind., and married in 1876 to William E. Brotherton of Cincinnati. Has published Beyond the Veil, Chicago, 1886, and Sailing of King Olaf, 1887. Author of "Consider the lilies, How stately they grow" (Providence), in Horder's Worship Song, 1905, and others. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Consider the lilies, how stately they grow
Title: Consider the Lilies
Author: Alice Williams Brotherton
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Consider the lilies
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #933
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Instances

Instances (1 - 28 of 28)
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American Junior Church School Hymnal #60

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Boundless Love #7

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Children's Praise No. 1 #43

Everybody's Hymn Book for Church and Home #d58

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Gloria #265

Heart and Voice #d47

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Heart and Voice #173

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Hymns and Tunes for Schools #270

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Hymns of the Centuries (Chapel Edition) #330

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Hymns of the Centuries #265

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Hymns of Worship and Service #266

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Hymns of Worship and Service #266

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Junior Church School Hymnal #34

Junior Hymnal #d29

Modern Festival Music, Book 1 #d3

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Pilgrim Songs (Number Two) #29

Sacred Songs for Church and Home #d87

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Songs of Cheer for Children #96

Songs of Praise #d53

Songs of Praise for Sunday Schools, Church Societies and the Home #d52

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The Cyber Hymnal #933

The Junior Hymnal #d18

The Junior Hymnal and Suggested Orders of Worship #d53

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The Junior Hymnal, Containing Sunday School and Luther League Liturgy and Hymns for the Sunday School #282

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The New Baptist Praise Book #474

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The New Baptist Praise Book #474

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The Sunday School Hymnary #69

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Worship Song #696

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