1 AFFLICTION is a stormy deep,
Where wave resounds to wave; Though o'er my head the billows roll, I know the Lord can save.
2 When darkness and when sorrows rose, And pressed on every side, The Lord has still sustained my steps, And still has been my guide.
3 Perhaps, before the morning dawn, He will restore my peace; For he who bade the tempest roar, Can bid the tempest cease.
4 In the dark watches of the night I'll count his mercies o'er;
I'll praise him for ten thousand past, And humbly sue for more.
5 Here will I rest, here build my hopes, Nor murmur at his rod;
He's more than all the world to me,- My health, my life, my God!
Power of Sin broken at Death.
1 OUR sins, alas! how strong they be! And, like a violent sea,
They break our duty, Lord, to thee, And hurry us away.
2 The waves of trouble, how they rise! How loud the tempests roar! But death shall land our weary souls Safe on the heavenly shore.
3 There, to fulfil his sweet commands Our speedy feet shall move; No sin shall clog our winged zeal, Or cool our burning love.
4 There shall we sit, and sing and tell The wonders of his grace; Till heavenly raptures fire our hearts, And smile in every face.
5 Forever his dear sacred name
Shall dwell upon our tongue; And Jesus and salvation be
The close of every song.
1 OFT have I turned my eye within, And brought to light some latent sin; But pride, the vice I most detest, Still lurks securely in my breast.
2 Here with a thousand arts she tries To dress me in a fair disguise, To make a guilty wretched worm Put on an angel's brightest form.
3 She hides my follies from mine eyes, And lifts my virtues to the skies; And while the specious tale she tells, Her own deformity conceals.
4 Rend, O my God, the veil away: Bring forth the monster to the day; Expose her hideous form to view, And all her restless power subdue.
5 So shall humility divine
Again possess this heart of mine ; And form a temple for my God, Which he will make his loved abode.
1 WHEREFORE should man, frail child of clay Who, from the cradle to the shroud, Lives but the insect of a day,— O why should mortal man be proud?
2 His brightest visions just appear,- Then vanish, and no more are found; The stateliest pile his pride can rear, A breath may level with the ground. 3 By doubt perplexed, in error lost, With trembling step he seeks his way; How vain of wisdom's gift the boast! Of reason's lamp how faint the ray! 4 Follies and crimes, a countless sum, Are crowded in life's little span : How ill, alas! does pride become That erring, guilty creature, man! 5 God of our lives! Father divine! Give us a meek and lowly mind; In modest worth O let us shine, And peace in humble virtue find.
1 THE wandering star, and fleeting wind, Both represent th' unstable mind; The morning cloud, and early dew, Bring our inconstancy to view.
2 But cloud and wind, and dew and star, Faint and imperfect emblems are; Nor can there ought in nature be So fickle and so false as we.
3 Our outward walk, and inward frame, Scarce through a single hour the same; We vow, and straight our vows forget, And then these very vows repeat,
4 We sin forsake, to sin return;
Are hot, are cold, now freeze, now burn; In deep distress, then raptures feel, We soar to heaven, then sink to hell.
5 With flowing tears, Lord, we confess Our folly and unsteadfastness; When shall these hearts more fixed be, Fixed by thy grace, and fixed for thee?
1 WHY sinks my weak desponding mind? Why heaves my heart the anxious sigh? Can sovereign goodness be unkind? Am I not safe if God is nigh?
2 He holds all nature in his hand; That gracious hand on which I live Doth life and time and death command, And has immortal joys to give.
3 'Tis he supports this fainting frame; On him alone my hopes recline; The wondrous glories of his name, How wide they spread! how bright they shine'
4 Infinite wisdom! boundless power! Unchanging faithfulness and love! Here let me trust, while I adore,- Nor from my refuge e'er remove.
5 My God, if thou art mine indeed, Then have I all my heart can crave; A present help in time of need; Still kind to hear, and strong to save.
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