Precious Hiding Place

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I was straying when Christ found me

Author: Avis B. Christiansen
Tune: [I was straying when Christ found me]
Published in 27 hymnals

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1 I was straying when Christ found me
In the night so dark and cold;
Tenderly His arm went around me,
And He bore me to His fold.

Chorus:
Precious hiding place,
Precious hiding place,
In the shelter of His love;
Not a doubt or fear,
Since my Lord is near,
And I'm sheltered in His love.

2 With His nail-scarred hand He bro't me
To the shelter of His love;
Of His grace and will He taught me,
And of heav'nly rest above. (Chorus)

3 Tho' the night be dark around me
I am safe, for He is near;
Never shall my foes confound me,
While the Savior's voice I hear. (Chorus)

Source: Hymns of Faith #260

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Author: Avis B. Christiansen

Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary Go to person page >

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First Line:	I was straying when Christ found me
Title:	Precious Hiding Place
Author:	Avis B. Christiansen
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Precious hiding place
Publication Date:	1928
Copyright:	This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1929.