6 Since all that I meet
Shall work for my good,
The bitter is sweet,

The medicine is food;
Though painful at present,
'Twill cease before long;
And then, O how pleasant
The conqueror's song!

8885. Irregular.

620 Neither death nor life

HEBER.

shall be able to

separate us from the love of God.-Rom. viii. 38, 39.

I IFE nor death shall us dissever

L

From His love who reigns for ever

Will He fail us? Never! never!

When to Him we cry.

2 Satan still may seek to snare us,
From God's hand may strive to tear us;
Doubt and fear and grim despair,
All their worst may try.

3 For His might shall still defend us,
And His blessèd Son befriend us,
And His holy Spirit send us,

621

I

Comfort ere we die.

86, 86, 44, 88.

S. RODIGAST tr.

C. WINKWORTH.

Thy judgments are right.-Ps. cxix. 75.

THATE'ER my God ordains is right;
His will is ever just ;

WH

Howe'er He orders now my cause,

I will be still and trust.

He is my God;

Though dark my road,

He holds me that I shall not fall;
Wherefore to Him I leave it all.

2 Whate'er my God ordains is right;
He never will deceive ;
He leads me by the proper path,
And so to Him I cleave,

And take content

What He hath sent;

His hand can turn my griefs away,
And patiently I wait His day.

3 Whate'er my God ordains is right;
My light, my life is He,

Who cannot will me aught but good;
I trust Him utterly.
For well I know,

In joy or woe,

We soon shall see, as sunlight clear,
How faithful was our Guardian here.

4 Whate'er my God ordains is right;
Here will I take my stand,

Though sorrow, need, or death make earth
For me a desert land.

622

I

My Father's care

Is round me there;

He holds me that I shall not fall,
And so to Him I leave it all.

L.M. TATE AND BRADY, alt. by H. F. LYTE.
Psalm xviii.

No change of time shall ever shock

N°

My firm dependence, Lord, on Thee ; In danger Thou hast been a rock,

A fortress in distress to me.

2 And still the same Thou art, my God,
Supreme in wisdom, love, and power;

My refuge still from foes abroad,
At home my safeguard and my tower.

4 From Thee, the overflowing spring,
Our souls shall drink a fresh supply,
While such as trust their native strength
Shall melt away, and droop, and die.
5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air,

We'll mount aloft to Thine abode;
On wings of love our souls shall fly,
Nor tire amidst the heavenly road.
6666,88.

626 If God be for us, who can be against us?

I

J

Romans viii. 31.

EHOVAH is our strength,
And He shall be our song;
We shall o'ercome at length,

Although our foes be strong.
In vain doth Satan then oppose;
The Lord is stronger than His foes.

2 The Lord our portion is;

What can we wish for more?
As long as we are His

We never can be poor.

In vain do earth and hell oppose,
For God is stronger than His foes.
3 The Lord our Shepherd is,
He knows our every need;
And since we now are His,

His care our souls will feed.
In vain do sin and death oppose,
For God is stronger than His foes.

4 Our God our Father is,

Our names are on His heart;
For ever we are His,

He ne'er from us will part.

In vain the world and flesh oppose,
For God is stronger than His foes.

627

то

87,87,887.

Casting all your care upon Him.
I Peter v. 7.

[DECIUS.]

O God on high be thanks and praise,
Who deigns our bonds to sever;
His cares our drooping souls upraise,
And harm shall reach us never;
On Him we rest with faith assured,
Of all that live, the mighty Lord,
For ever and for ever.

THANKS FOR DELIVERANCE.

628

C.M.
Psalm xviii.

STERNHOLD.*

I GOD, my strength and fortitude,
Of force I must love Thee;

Thou art my castle and defence
In my necessity.

2 The Lord Jehovah is my God,
My rock, my strength, my wealth;
My strong deliverer and my trust,
My spirit's only health.

3 In my distress I sought my God,
I sought Jehovah's face;

My cry before Him came; He heard
Out of His holy place.

4 The Lord descended from above,
And bowed the heavens most high,
And underneath His feet He cast

The darkness of the sky.

3 And Thou, O ever gracious Lord,
Wilt keep Thy promise still,
If, meekly hearkening to Thy word,
We seek to do Thy will.

4 Led by the light Thy grace imparts,
Ne'er may we bow the knee

To idols, which our wayward hearts
Set up instead of Thee.

5 So shall Thy choicest gifts, O Lord,
Thy faithful people bless,

For them shall earth its stores afford,
And heaven its happiness.

632

I

WH

C.M.
Psalm cxvi.

WHAT shall I render to my God
For all His kindness shown?
My feet shall visit Thine abode,
My songs address Thy throne.

2 How much is mercy Thy delight,
Thou ever-blessed God!
How dear Thy servants in Thy sight!
How precious is their blood!

3 How happy all Thy servants are!
How great Thy grace to me!

WATTS.

My life, which Thou hast made Thy care,
Lord, I devote to Thee.

4 Now I am Thine, for ever Thine,
Nor shall my purpose move;

Thy hand hath loosed my bonds of pain.
And bound me with Thy love.

5 Here in Thy courts I leave my vow,
And Thy rich grace record;

Witness, ye saints, who hear me now,