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Text:He Who Safely Keepeth
Author:Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby
Tune:[He who safely keepeth]
Composer:Ira David Sankey
Media:MIDI file

7855. He Who Safely Keepeth

1 He who safely keepeth,
Slumbers not, nor sleepeth;
Tho’ by all the world forsaken,
Wherefore should I fear?
That which He hath spoken
Never can be broken;
Who shall harm the trusting heart
When He is near?

2 He will keep me ever,
Where no power can sever
From my heart the love that hides me,
In His secret place;
There in faith abiding,
All to Him confiding,
Thro’ His Spirit I am sealed
An heir of grace.

3 He will keep me ever;
Like a gentle river
Peace from Him, my Lord and Savior,
Comes with joy to me;
In its quiet flowing,
Life and health bestowing,
Till within the gates of pearl
The King I see!

Text Information
First Line: He who safely keepeth
Title: He Who Safely Keepeth
Author: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby (1902)
Language: English
Source: Young People's Songs of Praise, by Ira Sankey (Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main Company, 1902)
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Some hymnals show the author as Lyman G. Cuyler, one of Fanny's pseudonyms
Tune Information
Name: [He who safely keepeth]
Composer: Ira David Sankey
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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