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Text: | How Long Hath God Bestowed His Care? |
Author (attributed to): | John Newton, 1725-1807 |
Tune: | MELMORE |
Composer: | William Clark Martin, 1864-1914 |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 How long hath God bestowed His care
On this indulged, ungrateful land!
How oft in times of danger near,
Preserved us by His sovereign hand!
2 Here peace and liberty have dwelt,
The glorious Gospel brightly shone;
And oft our mightiest foes have felt
That God hath made our cause His own.
3 But, ah! both Heav’n and earth have heard
Our vile requital of His love;
We, whom like children He has reared,
For all His care unthankful prove.
4 See! He uplifts His chastening rod!
O, where are now the faithful few,
Who tremble for the ark of God,
And know what Israel ought to do?
5 Lord, hear Thy people everywhere,
Who meet this day to weep and pray;
Our sinful land in mercy spare,
In mercy turn Thy wrath away!
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First Line: | How long hath God bestowed His care |
Title: | How Long Hath God Bestowed His Care? |
Author (attributed to): | John Newton, 1725-1807 |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Baptist Harp (Philadelphia: American Baptist Publication Society, 1849) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MELMORE |
Composer: | William Clark Martin, 1864-1914 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | D Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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