Living By Faith

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I care not today what the morrow may bring

Author: James Wells (1918); Author (st. 4): R. E. Winsett (1918)
Tune: [I care not today what the morrow may bring]
Published in 57 hymnals

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1 I care not today what the morrow may bring,
If shadow or sunshine or rain,
The Lord I know ruleth o’er everything,
And all of my worry is vain.

Refrain:
Living by faith in Jesus above,
Trusting, confiding in His great love;
From all harm safe in His sheltering arm,
I’m living by faith and feel no alarm.

2 Tho' tempests may blow and the storm-clouds arise,
Obscuring the brightness of life,
I’m never alarmed at the overcast skies—
The Master looks on at the strife. [Refrain]

3 I know that He safely will carry me thro',
No matter what evils betide;
Why should I then care, tho' the tempest may blow,
If Jesus walks close to my side. [Refrain]

4 Our Lord will return to this earth some sweet day,
Our troubles will then all be o’er;
The Master so gently will lead us away,
Beyond that blest heav'nly shore. [Refrain]

Source: Vocal Gems: our greatest song book for all religious services. Especially recommended for Sunday schools, revivals, W. M. B. and V. L. B. services #38

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Author: James Wells

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Author (st. 4): R. E. Winsett

Robert Emmett Winsett (January 15, 1876 — June 26, 1952 (aged 76) was an American composer and publisher of Gospel music. Winsett was born in Bledsoe County, Tennessee, and graduated from the Bowman Normal School of Music in 1899. He founded his own publishing company in 1903, and his first publication, Winsett's Favorite Songs, quickly became popular among the Baptist and Pentecostal churches of the American South. Pentecostal Power followed in 1907; that year Winsett completed postgraduate work at a conservatory. He married Birdie Harris in 1908, and had three sons and two daughters with her. He settled in Fort Smith, Arkansas, continuing to compose gospel songs, of which he would write over 1,000 in total. He became a minister… Go to person page >

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First Line:	I care not today what the morrow may bring
Title:	Living By Faith
Author:	James Wells (1918)
Author (st. 4):	R. E. Winsett (1918)
Meter:	11.8.11.8 with refrain
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Living by faith in Jesus above
Copyright:	Public Domain