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Text:Elijah Fed by Ravens
Author:John Fawcett
Tune:ROCKINGHAM
Adapter:Edward Miller
Arranger:J. Ireland Tucker

260. Elijah Fed by Ravens

1. When God's own people stand in need,
His goodness will provide supplies;
Thus when Elijah faints for bread,
A raven to his comfort flies.

2. At God's command, with speedy wings,
The hungry bird resigns it prey,
And to the rev'rend prophet brings
The needful portion day by day.

3. This method may be counted strange,
But happy was Elijah's lot,
For nature's course shall sooner change
Than God's dear children be forgot.

4. This wonder has been oft renewed,
And saints by sweet experience find
Their evils overruled for good,
Their foes to friendly deeds inclined.

Text Information
First Line: When God's own people stand in need
Title: Elijah Fed by Ravens
Author: John Fawcett (1782)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Publication Date: 2024
Scripture:
Topic: Ordinary Time: Week 14
Notes: Text by Baptist pastor John Fawcett, from Hymns Adapted to the Circumstances of Public Worship and Private Devotion (1782), alt.
Tune Information
Name: ROCKINGHAM
Adapter: Edward Miller (1790)
Arranger: J. Ireland Tucker (1872)
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 13421 3565
Key: D Major
Notes: Tune ROCKINGHAM from Musica Sacra (ca. 1774), adapt. by Edward Miller in The Psalms of David for the Use of Parish Churches (1790), arr. by J. Ireland Tucker for The Hymnal with Tunes Old and New (1872).



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