Dark and Distressing

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O'erwhelmed with wonder and surprise

Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Tune: CLOLATA
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 O’erwhelmed with wonder and surprise,
Amid dark scenes of providence,
To Heav’n we raise our suppliant eyes,
And wait for light and guidance thence.

2 Saints for a time may be oppressed,
And broken with repeated woes;
But God will give them ease and rest,
And plead their cause against their foes.

3 Or if His anger grow severe,
‘Tis but to purge away their sin;
And though the furnace He prepare,
It is to make their graces shine.

4 Thick clouds may veil His awful throne,
And wrathful arrows fly abroad;
Yet to His saints He still is known,
The righteous and the faithful God.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15831

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O'erwhelmed with wonder and surprise
Title:	Dark and Distressing
Author:	Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain