I Know Who Holds Tomorrow

I don't know about tomorrow

Author: Ira F. Stanphill (1950)
Tune: [I don't know about tomorrow]
CCLI Number: 17982
Published in 43 hymnals

Representative Text

1 I don't know about tomorrow,
I just live from day to day.
I don't borrow from its sunshine,
For its skies may turn to gray.
I don't worry o'er the future,
For I know what Jesus said,
And today I'll walk beside Him,
For He knows what is ahead.

Refrain:
Many things about tomorrow,
I don't seem to understand;
But I know who holds tomorrow,
And I know who holds my hand.

2 Every step is getting brighter,
As the golden stairs I climb;
Every burden's getting lighter;
Every cloud is silver lined.
There the sun is always shining,
There no tear will dim the eye,
At the ending of the rainbow,
Where the mountains touch the sky. [Refrain]

3 I don't know about tomorrow,
It may bring me poverty;
But the one who feeds the sparrow,
Is the one who stands by me.
And the path that be my portion,
May be through the flame or flood,
But His presence goes before me,
And I'm covered with His blood. [Refrain]

Source: African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #446

Author: Ira F. Stanphill

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African American Heritage Hymnal #415

Text

African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal #446

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #600

Hymns of Faith #444

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #280

Praise y Adoración #311a

Audio

Praise! Our Songs and Hymns #341

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #463

Sacred Songs of the Church #498

Sing Joyfully #495

Songs of Faith and Praise #463

Songs of Praise #82

Songs of Zion #29

The A.M.E. Zion Hymnal #48

The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #281

Total Praise #420

Worship His Majesty #437

Yes, Lord! #124

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