God is love, his the care
God is love, his the care. Percy Dearmer* (1867-1936).
Written for SofP (1925) and placed there in the section ‘For Children’, with a note ‘Also for adults’. It was attributed to ‘S.P.’, one of Dearmer’s many coded pseudonyms (in SofPE it appears with another, ‘A.F.’, and in the ‘General’ section). It was printed in Songs of Praise for Boys and Girls (1929), and in many other hymn books for children. Dearmer said that it was ‘devised to convey if possible some fundamental theology in a simple form, and also to fit the carol tune of “Personent hodie”’ (Songs of Praise Discussed, 1933, p. 264). The refrain was beautifully written for children, with its calculated repetitions:
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