God is our refuge, tried and proved

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1 God is our Refuge, tried and proved,
Amid a stormy world;
We will not fear though earth be moved,
And hills in ocean hurled.

2 The waves may roar, the mountains 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 spoke, and quelled their powers;
The LORD of hosts is still the same,
The God of grace is ours.

Source: Psalms of Grace #46b

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Author: Henry Francis Lyte

Lyte, Henry Francis, M.A., son of Captain Thomas Lyte, was born at Ednam, near Kelso, June 1, 1793, and educated at Portora (the Royal School of Enniskillen), and at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he was a Scholar, and where he graduated in 1814. During his University course he distinguished himself by gaining the English prize poem on three occasions. At one time he had intended studying Medicine; but this he abandoned for Theology, and took Holy Orders in 1815, his first curacy being in the neighbourhood of Wexford. In 1817, he removed to Marazion, in Cornwall. There, in 1818, he underwent a great spiritual change, which shaped and influenced the whole of his after life, the immediate cause being the illness and death of a brother cler… Go to person page >

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First Line:	God is our refuge, tried and proved
Author:	Henry Francis Lyte
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Psalm 46
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ST. ANNE

Though no firm documentation exists, ST. ANNE was probably composed by William Croft (PHH 149), possibly when he was organist from 1700-1711 at St. Anne's Church in Soho, London, England. (According to tradition, St. Anne was the mother of the Virgin Mary.) The tune was first published in A Suppleme…

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