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[Here I may be weak and poor]

Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. A. Tindley; Wm. D. Smith Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 12333 33212 11611 Used With Text: God Will Provide for Me

Author: C. A. Tindley Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: Here I may be weak and poor Refrain First Line: God has promised to provide for me Lyrics: 1. Here I may be weak and poor, With afflictions to endure; All about me not a ray of light to see, Just as he has often done, For His helpless trusting ones, God has promised to provide for me. Chorus: God has promised to provide for me; God has promised to provide for me; All creation is His own, All my needs to Him are known. He has promised to provide for me. 2. All my raiment and my food, And my health and all that's good; Are within His own written guarantee, God is caring for the poor, Just as He has done before, He has promised to provide for me. 3. Mighty men may have control, Of the silver and the gold; Want and sorrow for the poor there may be, But the God of heaven reigns, And His promise is the same, And I know He will provide for me. 4. Ancient Israel heard His voice, How the people did rejoice, When he led them safely thro' the mighty sea, In the wilderness they knew, What the living God can do; He's the one that doth provide for me. 5. When they hadn't any bread, Good old Moses knelt and pray'd; And the God who gives so plentiful and free, Sent the precious manna down, Israel saw it on the ground, 'Twas the God who now provides for me. Used With Tune: [Here I may be weak and poor]

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Here I may be weak and poor (God will provide for me)

Author: Charles A. Tindley Hymnal: Beams of Heaven #34 (2006) First Line: Here I may be weak and poor Refrain First Line: God has promised to provide for me Languages: English Tune Title: [Here I may be weak and poor]

God Will Provide for Me

Author: C. A. Tindley Hymnal: Soul Echoes #3 (1909) First Line: Here I may be weak and poor Refrain First Line: God has promised to provide for me Lyrics: 1. Here I may be weak and poor, With afflictions to endure; All about me not a ray of light to see, Just as he has often done, For His helpless trusting ones, God has promised to provide for me. Chorus: God has promised to provide for me; God has promised to provide for me; All creation is His own, All my needs to Him are known. He has promised to provide for me. 2. All my raiment and my food, And my health and all that's good; Are within His own written guarantee, God is caring for the poor, Just as He has done before, He has promised to provide for me. 3. Mighty men may have control, Of the silver and the gold; Want and sorrow for the poor there may be, But the God of heaven reigns, And His promise is the same, And I know He will provide for me. 4. Ancient Israel heard His voice, How the people did rejoice, When he led them safely thro' the mighty sea, In the wilderness they knew, What the living God can do; He's the one that doth provide for me. 5. When they hadn't any bread, Good old Moses knelt and pray'd; And the God who gives so plentiful and free, Sent the precious manna down, Israel saw it on the ground, 'Twas the God who now provides for me. Languages: English Tune Title: [Here I may be weak and poor]

God Will Provide for Me

Author: C. A. Tindley, D.D. Hymnal: New Songs of Praise #3 (1916) First Line: Here I may be weak and poor Refrain First Line: God has promised to provide for me Languages: English Tune Title: [Here I may be weak and poor]

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Charles Albert Tindley

1851 - 1933 Person Name: Charles A. Tindley Author of "Here I may be weak and poor (God will provide for me)" in Beams of Heaven Charles Albert Tindley was born in Berlin, Maryland, July 7, 1851; son of Charles and Hester Tindley. His father was a slave, and his mother was free. Hester died when he was very young; he was taken in my his mother’s sister Caroline Miller Robbins in order to keep his freedom. It seems that he was expected to work to help the family. In his Book of Sermons (1932), he speaks of being “hired out” as a young boy, “wherever father could place me.” He married Daisy Henry when he was seventeen. Together they had eight children, some of whom would later assist him with the publication of his hymns. Tindley was largely self-taught throughout his lifetime. He learned to read mostly on his own. After he and Daisy moved to Philadelphia in 1875, he took correspondence courses toward becoming a Methodist minister. He did this while working as a sexton (building caretaker) for the East Bainbridge Street Church. Beginning in 1885, he was appointed by the local bishop to serve two or three-year terms at a series of churches, until coming full circle to become pastor at East Bainbridge in 1902. Under his leadership, the church grew rapidly. They relocated in 1904 to the East Calvary Methodist Episcopal Church, then again in 1924 to the new Tindley Temple, where the membership roll blossomed to about ten thousand. Tindley was known for being a captivating preacher, and for also taking an active role in the betterment of the people in his community. His songs were an outgrowth of his preaching ministry, often introduced during his sermons. Tindley was able to draw people of multiple races to his church ministry; likewise, his songs have been adopted and proliferated by white and black churches alike. The songs of Charles Tindley were published cumulatively in two editions of Soul Echoes (1905, 1909) and six editions of New Songs of Paradise (1916-1941). His wife Daisy died in 1924, before the completion of the Tindley Temple. He remarried in 1927 to Jenny Cotton. Charles A. Tindley died July 26, 1933.