A Gracious God

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1 My soul, arise in joyful lays,
Renounce this earthly clod,
Tuen all thy pow'rs to sweetest praise,
And sing, thy gracious God.

2 When in my heart his hev'nly love
He sweetly sheds abroad,
How joyfully he makes me prove
He is my gracious God.

3 When borne on faith's advent'rous wing
I mount to his abode,
Then, while I soar, I sweetly sing,
He is my gracious God.

4 In all my trials here below,
I'll humbly kiss his rod,
For this thro' grace I surely know,
He's still my graciousGod.

5 When in my last departing hour
I pass thro' death's cold flood,
Upheld by sov'reign love and pow'r,
I'll sing, my gracious God.

6 But when he shall my spirit bring
To heav'n my bless'd abode,
There to eternity I'll sing,
Thou art my gracious God.

Source: A Collection of Evangelical Hymns #III

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Author: Samuel Medley

Medley, Samuel, born June 23, 1738, at Cheshunt, Herts, where his father kept a school. He received a good education; but not liking the business to which he was apprenticed, he entered the Royal Navy. Having been severely wounded in a battle with the French fleet off Port Lagos, in 1759, he was obliged to retire from active service. A sermon by Dr. Watts, read to him about this time, led to his conversion. He joined the Baptist Church in Eagle Street, London, then under the care of Dr. Gifford, and shortly afterwards opened a school, which for several years he conducted with great success. Having begun to preach, he received, in 1767, a call to become pastor of the Baptist church at Watford. Thence, in 1772, he removed to Byrom Street, Liv… Go to person page >

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