Music & HymnsHide Me

"In the secret of His tabernacle shall He hide me." Psalm 27:5

Words: Frances Jane (Fanny) Crosby, 1886.

Music: William Howard Doane

Courtesy of Denison University

One morning at Northfield [Massachusetts], the audience sang "Hide Me, O My Savior, Hide Me." But I did not recognize this hymn as my own production…Turning to Mr. Sankey, I asked, "Where did you get that piece?" He paid no attention to my question, for he supposed I was merely joking…But it was used again at the afternoon service, and I was determined to know who wrote it. "Mr. Sankey," I said, "Now you must tell me who is the author of 'Hide Me, O My Savior.'" "Really," he replied, "don't you recall who wrote that hymn? You ought to remember, for you are the guilty one."

Fanny Crosby, Memories of Eighty Years, 1906

Hide me, O my Savior, hide me
In Thy holy place;
Resting there beneath Thy glory,
O let me see Thy face.

Refrain

Hide me, hide me,
O blessèd Savior, hide me;
O Savior, keep me,
Safely, O Lord, with Thee.

Hide me, when the storm is raging
O'er life's troubled sea;
Like a dove on ocean's billows,
O let me fly to Thee.

Refrain

Hide me, when my heart is breaking
With its weight of woe;
When in tears I seek the comfort
Thou canst alone bestow.

Refrain

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