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[Fret not tho' days are dreary]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: I. H. Meredith Incipit: 33143 32342 54333 Used With Text: He Planned This Path for Thee
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He Planned This Path for Thee

Author: Ida L. Reed Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: Fret not tho' days are dreary Refrain First Line: Fret not, O friend, remember Used With Tune: [Fret not tho' days are dreary]
He Planned This Path for Thee

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Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: The Golden Sheaf #34 (1902) First Line: Fret not though days are dreary Refrain First Line: Fret not, O friend, remember Lyrics: 1 Fret not though days are dreary, And all life's skies are grey, Tho' oft thy feet grow weary Along the thorny way. Chorus: Fret not, O friend, remember, Though dark the way may be, God knoweth all thy sorrow, He planned this path for thee. 2 He knoweth all thy burdens, Thy hopes, thy doubts and fears; Each onward step he counteth, He seeth all thy tears. [Chorus] 3 He knoweth all thy crosses, He shareth all thy pain; And where thou countest losses, He counts eternal gain. [Chorus] 4 Fret not, O friend, forever Let this thy comfort be: God will forsake thee never, He planned this path for thee. [Chorus] Tune Title: [Fret not though days are dreary]
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He Planned This Path for Thee

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: Boundless Love #76 (1896) First Line: Fret not tho' days are dreary Refrain First Line: Fret not, O friend, remember Lyrics: 1 Fret not tho’ days are dreary, And all life’s skies are grey, Tho’ oft thy feet grow weary Along life’s thorny way. Refrain: Fret not, O friend, remember Though dark the way may be, God knoweth all thy sorrow, He planned this path for thee. 2 He knoweth all thy burdens, Thy hopes, thy doubts and fears; Each onward step He counteth, He seeth all thy tears. [Refrain] 3 He knoweth all thy crosses, He shareth all thy pain; And where thou countest losses, He counts eternal gain. [Refrain] 4 Fret not, O friend, forever Let this thy comfort be: God will forsake thee never, He planned this path for thee. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [Fret not tho' days are dreary]
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He Planned This Path for Thee

Author: Ida L. Reed Hymnal: Sermons in Song #64 (1894) First Line: Fret not tho' days are dreary Refrain First Line: Fret not, O friend, remember Languages: English Tune Title: [Fret not tho' days are dreary]
He Planned This Path for Thee

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Ida L. Reed

1865 - 1951 Author of "He Planned This Path for Thee" in The Golden Sheaf Ida Lilliard Reed (Smith), 1865-1951 Born: November 30, 1865, near Ar­den, Bar­bour Coun­ty, West Vir­gin­ia. Died: Ju­ly 8, 1951, Ar­den, West Vir­gin­ia. Buried: Eb­e­nez­er Meth­odi­st Church, Ar­den, West Vir­gin­ia. Reed is said to have writ­ten 2,000 hymns in her life­time. In 1939, the Amer­i­can So­ci­e­ty of Com­pos­ers, Au­thors and Pub­lish­ers re­cog­nized her "sub­stan­tial con­tri­bu­tion to Amer­i­can mu­sic" by award­ing her a small "week­ly bo­nus." © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
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I. H. Meredith

1872 - 1962 Composer of "[Fret not tho' days are dreary]" in Boundless Love Pseudonyms Charles C. Ack­ley (tak­en from his wife’s name, Cla­ris­sa Ack­ley Cow­an) Broughton Ed­wards Floyd En­gle (from his ad­dress on Floyd Street in En­gle­wood Cliffs, New Jer­sey) Arthur Grant­ley Bruce Ken­ne­dy See also Ackley, Chas. C. 1872-1962 See also Edwards, Broughton
I. H. Meredith
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