Our of the depths of doubt and fear

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Our of the depths of doubt and fear

Author: John Ryland (1775)
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Out of the depths of doubt and fear,
Depths of despair and grief,
I cry; my voice, O Jesus, hear,
And come to my relief!

2 Thy gracious ears, O Savior, bow
To my distressful cries,
For who shall stand, O LORD, if Thou
Should'st mark iniquities?

3 But why do I my soul distress?
Forgiveness is with Thee:
With Thee there is abundant grace,
What Thou may'st feared be.

4 Then for the LORD my soul shall wait,
And in His word I'll hope;
Continue knocking at His gate,
Till He the door shall open.

5 Not weary guards who watch for morn,
And stand with longing eyes,
Feel such desires to see the dawn,
The joyful dawn arise!

6 They never feel such warm desires
As those which in me move,
As those wherewith my soul aspires
To see the God of love!

7 O God of mercy! Let me not
Then hope for Thee in vain;
Nor let me ever be forgot,
And in despair remain.

Source: Psalms of Grace #130b

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Author: John Ryland

Ryland, John, D.D., son of Rev. John Collett Ryland, was born at Warwick, Jan. 29, 1753. At that time his father was Baptist minister at Warwick, but in 1759 removed to Northampton. "J. Ryland, junior," as for many years he was accustomed to subscribe himself, was in 1781 ordained co-pastor with his father at Northampton. In 1794 he accepted the presidency of the Baptist College and the pastorate of the church in Broadmead, Bristol, and these offices he retained until his death on June 25, 1825. Dr. Ryland was a man of considerable literary culture, and received the degree of D.D. from Brown University, Rhode Island. He was one of the founders of the Baptist Missionary Society, and for the three years following the death of Rev. A. Fuller,… Go to person page >

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