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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
[Fret not tho' days are dreary]
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
He Planned This Path for Thee
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]
He Planned This Path for Thee
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]
He Planned This Path for Thee
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
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."
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Ida L. Reed
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
