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[In God I have found a retreat]

Appears in 24 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Asa Hull Incipit: 13333 23532 22212 Used With Text: In God I have found a retreat

Under His Wings

Author: James Nicholson Appears in 46 hymnals First Line: In God I have found a retreat Refrain First Line: Oh, what comfort it brings Used With Tune: [In God I have found a retreat]

Appears in 4 hymnals First Line: مغبوط المعطي الغيور Lyrics: 1 مغبوطٌ المعطي الغيورْ في عمل الخير العظيمْ وكل معطٍ بسرورْ يحبه الرب الكريمْ قرار في السخاء سرورُ وأجرٌ عظيمْ فالكريم الغيورُ يَسُر الرحيمْ 2 أكرِمْ بمالك الإلهْ فتمتلي خزائنُكْ ويسمعُ الله الصلاهْ وروحه يساكنُكْ 3 مَن يرحمُ العافي الفقيرْ يقرض ربّه الجليلْ وسيجازيه القديرْ عن ذلك الفعلِ الجميلْ 4 ومن يسد أذنيهْ عن صوت مسكينٍ حزينْ فالرب لا يصغي إليهْ في طِلبةٍ ولا يُعينْ 5 لذاك لا تنس الجميلْ إلى جميع المُعوِزينْ بل افعل الخير الجزيلْ لا سيما للمؤمنينْ Used With Tune: UNDER HIS WINGS

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In God I have found a retreat

Author: James Nicholson Hymnal: Hymns of Consecration and Faith #265 (1902) Refrain First Line: O! what comfort it brings Languages: English Tune Title: [In God I have found a retreat]

Under His Wings

Author: James Nicholson Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12611 First Line: In God I have found a retreat Refrain First Line: Oh, what comfort it brings Lyrics: 1 In God I have found a retreat Where I can securely abide; No refuge, nor rest so complete, And here I intend to abide. Refrain: Oh, what comfort it brings, As my soul sweetly sings; I am safe from all danger While under His wings. 2 I dread not the terror by night; No arrow can harm me by day; His shadow has covered me quite; My fears He has driven away. [Refrain] 3 The pestilence walking about, When darkness has settled abroad, Can never compel me to doubt The presence and power of God. [Refrain] 4 The wasting destruction at noon, No fearful foreboding can bring; With Jesus, my soul doth commune, His perfect salvation I sing. [Refrain] 5 A thousand may fall at my side, And ten thousand at my right hand; Above me His wings are spread wide, Beneath them in safety I stand. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [In God I have found a retreat]

Under His Wings

Hymnal: The Crowning Day #43 (1894) First Line: In God I have found a retreat Refrain First Line: Oh, what comfort it brings Lyrics: 1 In God I have found a retreat, Where I can securely abide; No refuge, no rest so complete, And here I intend to reside. Refrain: Oh, what comfort it brings, My soul sweetly sings, I am safe from all danger, While under His wings. 2 I dread not the terror by night, No arrow can harm me by day; His shadow has covered me quite, My fears He has driven away. [Refrain] 3 The pestilence walking about, When darkness has settled abroad, Can never compel me to doubt The presence and power of our Lord. [Refrain] 4 The wasting destruction at noon, No fearful foreboding can bring; With Jesus, my soul doth commune, His perfect salvation I sing. [Refrain] 5 A thousand may fall at my side, Ten thousand at my right hand; Above me His wings are spread wide, Beneath them in safety I stand. [Refrain] Tune Title: [In God I have found a retreat]

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Asa Hull

1828 - 1907 Composer of "[In God I have found a retreat]" in The Crowning Day Asa Hull USA 1828-1907. Born in Keene, NY, he became a music publisher in New York City. He married Emma F Atherton, and they had a daughter, Harriett. He wrote many tunes and authored temperance rallying songs. He published 33 works, of which 21 were songbooks, between 1863-1895. He died in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry

James Nicholson

1828 - 1896 Person Name: James Nichloson Author of "Under His Wings" in Sacred Songs and Solos James L Nicholson United Kingdom/USA 1828-1876. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to the United States around age 25. He lived in Philadelphia, PA, worked as a postal clerk, and was a member of the Wharton Street Methodist Episcopal Church there for about 20 years, where he taught Sunday school, led singing in church, and assisted in evangelical work. This was also hymn writer, William J Kirkpatrick’s, church. Around 1871 he moved to Washington, DC, and worked as a postal clerk there. In addition to his hymn writing, he also wrote several books, one on birds and their care, one on forensic medicine. He died in Washington, DC, but was buried in Philadelphia, PA. John Perry =============== Nicholson, James, an American Methodist minister, is the author of (1) "Dear [Lord] Jesus I long to be perfectly whole" (Holiness desired); and (2) "There's a beautiful land on high " (Heaven), both of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)