Timeless Truths ‎#471

471. I Am His Child

1 My heavenly Father is caring for me,
My bark He is guiding o’er life’s raging sea;
Though storms overshadow, and billows are wild,
They cannot o’erwhelm me, for I am His child.

Refrain:
Oh, I am His child, His own loving child,
He cares for me so tenderly, for I am His child.

2 And when in the furnace of trial I stand,
My Savior beside me doth hold to my hand;
“Be faithful,” He whispers in accents so mild;
The flames cannot harm me, for I am His child. [Refrain]

3 When clouds thickly gather and hide from my view
The face of my Savior, His eye pierces through;
He keeps me from being by Satan beguiled;
Securely I’m resting, for I am His child. [Refrain]

4 His child evermore, and He’s with me, I know,
E’en though through the valley of death I should go;
He keepeth my spirit by sin undefiled;
He’ll take me to heaven, for I am His child. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: My heavenly Father is caring for me
• Title: I Am His Child
• Author: Clara M. Brooks
• Refrain First Line: Oh, I am His child, His own loving child
• Meter: 11.11.11.11 R
• Scripture:
  1 Peter 5:7
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/I_Am_His_Child); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (101); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (57)

Tune Information

• Name: [My heavenly Father is caring for me]
• Composer: Barney E. Warren (1907)
• Meter: 11.11.11.11 R
• Key: D♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/I_Am_His_Child); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (101); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (57)