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Whole World in His Hands

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HANDS
The image at the heart of the song, open, holding, never dropping. It is one of the most enduring symbols of divine care across traditions worldwide.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SHELTER
Spirituals were born in hardship, and shelter, physical and spiritual, runs through them like a river. To be covered and kept is one of their oldest, deepest prayers.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
GLORY
"Glory" appears in spirituals stretching back to the 18th century, carrying both the brightness of heaven and the hard-won joy of a people who refused to let hope die.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
GRACE
Paired with mercy and peace across the spirituals tradition, grace names the gift that no one earns, freely given, freely sung about on porches and in pews for generations.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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About Whole World in His Hands

Few songs carry the weight of the world so gently. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" is one of the oldest and most beloved of the African American spirituals, a reassurance that every soul, the wind and the rain, the tiny baby, you and me, is held and kept in a care that never lets go. Mahalia Jackson, Marian Anderson, and countless voices in country churches and grand concert halls have lifted this song until the room itself seemed to breathe. To sing it is to feel, for a moment, that nothing is too small or too lost to be cradled.

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