He Careth for the Lilies

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Behold the lilies of the field, No toiling do they know

Author: Fannie E. Davison
Tune: [Behold the lilies of the field] (Rosecrans)
Published in 6 hymnals

Author: Fannie E. Davison

Born: 1851, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Died: March 10, 1887, Chicago, Illinois. Buried: Carthage, Missouri. Fannie’s father was killed when she was 10 years old; after her mother’s remarriage to hotelier Henry Warner, the family moved to Carthage, Missouri. Fannie married court reporter Asa Lee Davison and they moved to Chicago, Illinois, then Madison, Wisconsin. Several of her songs appeared in publications from the Fillmore Brothers of Cincinnati, Ohio, including Songs of Gratitude (1877), Joy and Gladness (1880) and The Voice of Joy (1882). Lyrics-- Last Words, The Purer in Heart, O God --hymntime.com/tch/bi… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Behold the lilies of the field, No toiling do they know
Title:	He Careth for the Lilies
Author:	Fannie E. Davison
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	He careth for the lilies
Copyright:	Public Domain