A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy ‎#88

88. They that have made their refuge God

1 They that hath made their refuge God
Shall find a most secure abode;
Shall walk all day beneath his shade,
And there at night shall rest their head.

2 If burning beams of noon conspire
To dart a pestilential fire,
God is their life; his wings are spread,
To shield them 'midst ten thousand dead.

3 If vapors with malignant breath
Rise thick, and scatter midnight death,
Still they are safe; the poison'd air
Again grows pure, if God be there.

4 But if the fire, or plague, or sword,
Receive commission from the Lord
To strike his saints among the rest,
Their very pains and deaths are blest.

5 The sword, the pestilence, or fire,
Shall but fulfill their best desire;
From sins and sorrows set them free,
And bring thy children, Lord! to thee.

Text Information

• First Line: They that have made their refuge God
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1814
• Topic: Divine Providence and Government

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