Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#260

260. Elijah Fed by Ravens

1. When God's own people stand in need,
His goodness will provide supplies;
Thus when Elijah faints for bread,
A raven to his comfort flies.

2. At God's command, with speedy wings,
The hungry bird resigns it prey,
And to the rev'rend prophet brings
The needful portion day by day.

3. This method may be counted strange,
But happy was Elijah's lot,
For nature's course shall sooner change
Than God's dear children be forgot.

4. This wonder has been oft renewed,
And saints by sweet experience find
Their evils overruled for good,
Their foes to friendly deeds inclined.

Text Information

• First Line: When God's own people stand in need
• Title: Elijah Fed by Ravens
• Author: John Fawcett (1782)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  1 Kings 19:5-6
• Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 14
• Notes: Text by Baptist pastor John Fawcett, from Hymns Adapted to the Circumstances of Public Worship and Private Devotion (1782), alt.

Tune Information

• Name: ROCKINGHAM
• Adapter: Edward Miller (1790)
• Arranger: J. Ireland Tucker (1872)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8
• Incipit: 13421 3565
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Tune ROCKINGHAM from Musica Sacra (ca. 1774), adapt. by Edward Miller in The Psalms of David for the Use of Parish Churches (1790), arr. by J. Ireland Tucker for The Hymnal with Tunes Old and New (1872).