Never Mind, Never Fear

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Soul, be strong, whatever betide

Author: James H. Perkins
Tune: [Soul, be strong, whatever betide]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Soul, be strong, whatever betide;
God Himself is guard and guide;
With my Father at my side—
Never mind, never fear.

2 Clouds and darkness hover near;
Men’s hearts failing them for fear;
But be thou of right good cheer—
Never mind, never fear.

3 Stand in patient courage still;
Working out Thy Master’s will;
Compass good and conquer ill—
Never mind, never fear.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #12787

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Author: James H. Perkins

Perkins, Rev. James Handasyd. (Boston, Massachusetts, July 31, 1810--December 14, 1849, near Cincinnati, Ohio). He was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and at Round Hill School. Northampton, Mass. After a brief business experience in Boston he moved to Cincinnati, where he was admitted to the bar in 1837, but two years later he took up the Ministry-at-Large organized by the First Congregational Society (Unitarian) of Cincinnati, and later became pastor of the church. He was active in social reforms and as a lecturer, and was author of a number of essays descriptive of life in what was then the far west. The hymn in 3 stanzas, C.M., beginning "It is a faith sublime and sure" attributed to "J.H. Perkins" in Longfellow and Johnson's Book… Go to person page >

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