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Christ in Song 452

Casting All Your Care Upon Him

Music: F. E. Belden

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1How blest are they, the Father, to rest be-neath the love? Or let their arms up-hold - ing me. In
peace-ful trust re-pos-ing, To look to thee a-lone; Help me to trust con-fi-dent-ly; To
Why should my heart be trou-bled, Or dread of foes be? lift? Or why should un-be-liev-ing, fear, Or
Each hour I live I'll praise thy name for mer-cy so di-vine; I'll con-se-crate my-self a-new, My

RefrainAll your care up-on Him, Cast your care up-on Him; He will not for-sake you, All your care up-on Him.

Scripture
1 Peter 5:7

Copyright, 1897, by F. E. Belden

The verse

Meter
22.21.22.24
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 51% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCD
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

How blest are they, the Father, to rest be-neath the love? Or let their arms up-hold - ing me. In//˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘22A
peace-ful trust re-pos-ing, To look to thee a-lone; Help me to trust con-fi-dent-ly; To/˘///˘˘/˘/˘//˘˘//˘˘˘˘21B
Why should my heart be trou-bled, Or dread of foes be? lift? Or why should un-be-liev-ing, fear, Or/˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘22C
Each hour I live I'll praise thy name for mer-cy so di-vine; I'll con-se-crate my-self a-new, My//˘˘/////˘/˘˘˘///˘///˘/˘24D

Refrain

All your care up-on Him, Cast your care up-on Him; He will not for-sake you, All your care up-on Him./˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘24A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.