Of Every Earthly Stay Bereft

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Of every earthly stay bereft

Author: Henry Francis Lyte
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Of every earthly stay bereft,
Beset by many an ill,
One hope, one precious hope, is left,
The Lord is faithful still.

2 His Church through every past alarm,
In Him has found a Friend.
And, Lord, on Your almighty arm,
We now for all depend.

3 Your mercies hourly round us shine,
The world Your power displays;
The day is Yours, the night is Thine,
The seasons roll Your praise.

4 Your holy covenant shall stand,
For ages bright and sure.
And tell us God is still at hand,
To shield, to save, to cure.

5 On Thee, O Lord, our hopes recline;
O still Your comforts give.
Defeat our enemies and Thine,
And bid Your tremblers live!

Source: Psalms of Grace #74a

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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:	Of every earthly stay bereft
Title:	Of Every Earthly Stay Bereft
Author:	Henry Francis Lyte
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain