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Where shall the child of sorrow find

Where shall the child of sorrow find

Tune: MT. ZION (Showalter)
Published in 18 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Where shall the child of sorrow find
A place for calm repose?
Thou, Father of the fatherless,
Pity the orphan's woes!

2 What Friend have I in heaven or earth,
What Friend to trust but thee?
My father's dead, my mother's dead;
My God, remember me!

3 Thy gracious promise now fulfill,
And bid my trouble cease;
In thee the fatherless shall find
Pure mercy, grace, and peace.

4 I've not a secret care or pain,
But he that secret knows;
Thou, Father of the fatherless,
Pity the orphan's woes!

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #757

Text Information

First Line: Where shall the child of sorrow find
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 18 of 18)
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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #631

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #775

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Church Harmonies #866

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David's Harp #39

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #972

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Hymns for Christian Devotion #972

Hymns for Good Children #d19

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Plymouth Collection #a780

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #780

Prayers and Hymns for the Church and the Home #d800

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #780

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The Brethren Hymnal #640

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The Christian Hymn Book #963

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The Gospel Psalmist #947

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The Psalmody #1044

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The Voice of Praise #757

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