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1 To the hills I lift mine eyes,
The everlasting hills;

Christ shall send me all supplies,
He every hope fulfils;
Faithful soul! trust His defence,
All His care thou then shalt prove;
All His watchful providence,
And ever-waking love.

2 See the Lord, thy Saviour, stand
Omnipotently near!

Lo, He holds thee in His hand,
He banishes thy fear;
Shadows with His wings thy head,
Shields from all impending harms;
Round thee, and beneath, are spread
The everlasting arms!

3 Christ shall bless thy going out,
And bless thy coming in;
Ever compass thee about,

Till thou art saved from sin;
Lean on thy Redeemer's breast,
He thy quiet spirit keeps,
Rest in Him, securely rest,
Thy Guardian never sleeps.

421

C.M.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous.-PSA. xxxiv. 19.

1 THROUGH all the changing scenes of life,

In trouble and in joy,

The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.

2 Of His deliverance I will boast,
Till all who are distrest
From my example comfort take,
And charm their griefs to rest.
3 The hosts of God encamp around
The dwellings of the just;
Protection He affords to all

Who make His name their trust.

4 0 make but trial of His love!
Experience will decide

How blest are they, and only they,
Who in His truth confide.

5 Fear Him, ye saints! and you will
Have nothing else to fear; [then
Make but His service your delight,
Your wants shall be His care.

TATE AND BRADY. 1696.

OD is our refuge, tried and proved,

Amid a stormy world:

[moved,

We will not fear though earth be
And hills in ocean hurled.

2 The waves may roar, the mountain shake,

Our comforts shall not cease; The Lord His saints will not forsake, The Lord will give us peace.

3 A gentle stream of hope and love
To us shall ever flow;

It issues from His throne above,
It cheers His church below.

4 When earth and hell against us came,
He spake and quelled their powers;
The Lord of Hosts is still the same,
The God of grace is ours.

HENRY F. LYTE. 1834.

423

S.M.

Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.-PSA. Ixi. 2.

HEN, overwhelmed with grief, My heart within me dies, Helpless, and far from all relief, To heaven I lift mine eyes.

O lead me to the rock

That's high above my head!

And make the covert of Thy wings My shelter and my shade.

Within Thy presence, Lord,

For ever I'll abide;

Thou art the tower of my defence, The refuge where I hide.

Thou givest me the lot

Of those that fear Thy name;

If endless life be their reward,

I shall possess the same.

424

ISAAC WATTS. 1719.

8.8.6.

Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.-MATT. xiv. 27.

OFT

FT when the waves of passion
rise,

And storms of life conceal the skies,
And o'er the ocean sweep; [night,
Tost with the long tempestuous
We see no ray of heavenly light,

To cheer the lonely deep.

2 But lo! in our extremity
The Saviour walking on the sea!
E'en now He passes by!
He silences our clamorous fear,
And mildly says, "Be of good cheer,
Be not afraid, 'tis I."

3 O Lord, if it be Thou indeed,
So near us in our time of need,

So good, so strong to save ;

Speak the kind word of power to me,

Bid me believe and come to Thee,
Swift-walking on the wave.

4 He bids me come; His voice I know,

And boldly on the waters go,

And brave the tempest's shock: O'er rude temptations now I bound; The billows yield a solid ground, The wave is firm as rock.

Lord, if thou hadst been here.
JOHN xi. 21, 32.

1" LORD,, hadst Thou been

here!" but when

Is not the Saviour nigh?

His power and love were present then,

Though Lazarus needs must die. 2 And when the Master seems to stay, Regardless of our grief,

His tarrying never is delay,

But well-timed, sure relief.

3 He loves to come when others flee, Or coming, cannot aid: To save in faith's extremity,

When hope's last glimmerings
fade.

4 The house of mourning He prefers
With voice of love to cheer;
And sorrows are the harbingers
That say, the Lord is near.

5 Lord, not in sorrow's hour alone
We ask to feel Thy grace;

The hearts that once Thy love have known

Would be Thy dwelling-place.

2 How far from this our daily life!
Ever disturbed by anxious strife,
By sudden, wild alarms;
O! could we but relinquish all
Our earthly props, and simply fall
On Thine almighty arms.

3 0 for the faith to cast our load

Of anxious thought upon our God!
For He will clothe and feed ;'
And from the lilies as they grow,
And from the tended ravens, know
That we are safe indeed.

4 Lord, make these faithless hearts of

ours

7s.

Thy lessons learn from birds and 429 without Me ye can do nothing.

flowers,

And from self-torment cease! Father! we trust; and we lie still; Leave all things to Thy holy will, And so find perfect peace.

JOSEPH ANSTICE. 1836.

112th.

427 He is able to succour them that are

tempted.-HEB. ii. 18.

JOHN XV. 5.

SON of God, Thy blessing grant,
Still supply my every want;

Tree of life, Thine influence shed,
From Thy fulness I am fed.

2 Unsustained by Thee I fall,

Send the strength for which I call:
Weaker than a bruised reed,
Help I every moment need.

STILL nigh me, O my Saviour 3 All my hopes on Thee depend,

stand,

Show forth in me Thy saving power:

Love me, save me to the end;
Still preserve me by Thy grace;
Take the everlasting praise.

CHARLES WESLEY.

C.M.

1745.

Still be Thine arm my sure defence, 430 They that sow in tears shall reap in

Nor earth, nor hell shall pluck me

thence.

2 In suffering, be Thy love my peace!
In weakness, be Thy love my power!
And when the storms of life shall
cease,

Jesus, in that important hour,
In death, as life, be Thou my guide,
And save me, who for me hast died.

CHARLES WESLEY.

S.M.

1739.

428 Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently 3 The seed, though buried long in

My Lord, my hope, my trust:
If I am found in Jesus' hands,
My soul can ne'er be lost.

2 His honour is engaged to save
The meanest of His sheep;
All that His heavenly Father gave,
His hands securely keep.

3 Nor death, nor hell, shall e'er remove
His chosen from His breast;
Safe, in the mansions of His love
They must for ever rest.

ISAAC WATTS. 1709.

C.M.

432 Blessed are they that have not seen,

and yet have believed.-JOHN XX. 29.

5 Be it ours then, while we're here,
Him to follow without fear;
Where He calls us, there to go;
What He bids us, that to do.

THOMAS KELLY. 1815.

L.M.

434 I am the Lord, I change not.

MAL. iii. 6.

WHEN darkness long has veiled

my mind,

And smiling day once more appears,
Then, my Redeemer! then I find
The folly of my doubts and fears.

2 I chide my unbelieving heart,
And blush that I should ever be
Thus prone to act so base a part,
Or harbour one hard thought of Thee.

BLESSED are they who have NOT 3 O let me, then, at length, be taught

seen,

And yet the Christ receive;

In spirit cry" My Lord, my God!"
And with free heart believe.

2 Blessed! who feel their quiet way
In faith, and not in sight;
Who lean upon His unseen grace,
And trust His unseen might.
GEORGE RAWSON. 1857.

What I am still so slow to learn,
That God is love, and changes not,
Nor knows the shadow of a turn.

4 Sweet truth, and easy to repeat!
But, when my faith is sharply tried,
I find myself a learner yet,
Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide.

5 But, O my Lord! one look from Thee
Subdues the disobedient will;
Drives doubt and discontent away,
And Thy rebellious child is still.
6 Thou art as ready to forgive,
As I am ready to repine;
Thou therefore all the praise receive;
Be shame and self-abhorrence mine.
1779.

435

WILLIAM COWPER.

104th.

Of His fulness have all we received.
JOHN i. 16.

1A FULNESS resides in Jesus our

Head,

C.M.

He will come and save

you.-ISA. Xxxv. 4.

E trembling souls, dismiss your fears,

Be mercy all your theme; Mercy, which like a river flows In one perpetual stream.

Fear not the powers of earth and hell;

God will those powers restrain;
His arm shall all their rage repel,
And make their efforts vain.
Fear not the want of outward good;
God for His own provides;
Grants them supplies of daily food,

And all they need besides.
Fear not that He will e'er forsake
Or leave His work undone ;
He's faithful to His promises,

And faithful to His Son.

Fear not the terrors of the grave,
Or death's tremendous sting;
He will from endless wrath preserve,
To endless glory bring.

BENJAMIN BEDDOME. 1787.

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