In His Keeping

1. When the early morning breaking,
   Slumber from my eyelids shaking,
   Comes the blessed thought with waking,
   I am in His keeping.
   Day advances, labor bringing,
   Care, her mantle ’round me flinging,
   Yet midst all my soul keeps singing,
   I am in His care.
   • Refrain:
     I am in my Father’s keeping,
     I am in His tender care;
     Whether waking, whether sleeping,
     I am in His care.
2. Sometimes dark clouds hang o’er me,
   Not one step I see before me,
   Still, my Savior, I adore Thee,
   I am in His keeping.
   I can trust His hand to guide me,
   ’Neath His wings He’ll safely hide me,
   And no harm can e’er betide me,
   I am in His care.
3. Gentle eventide is nearing,
   Light from heaven disappearing,
   Still the blessed thought so cheering,
   I am in His keeping.
   Now night’s curtains gather ’round me,
   Yet its dangers have not found me,
   For His angel guards surround me,
   I am in His care.