Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: Tho' troubles assail and dangers affright
Topic: The Christian Warefare
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Tune:
Hymn Number: 116
Page Number: 100, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTho' troubles assail, and dangers affright,
Tho' friends should all fail, and foes all unite;
Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide,
The scripture assures us, the Lord will provide,
The birds without barn, or storehouse are fed,
From them let us learn, to trust for our bread;
His saints, what is fitting, shall ne'er be deni'd,
So long as is written, the Lord will provide.
We may, like the ships, by tempests be lost,
On perilous deeps, but need not be lost;
Tho' Satan enrages the wind and the tide,
The promise engages, the Lord will provide.
His call we obey, like Abra'm of old,
Not knowing the way, but faith makes us bold;
For tho' we are strangers, we have a sure guide;
And trust in all dangers, the Lord will provide.
When Satan appears to stop up our path,
And fill us with fears, we triumph by faith;
He cannot take from us, though oft he has tri'd,
This heart-cheering promise, the Lord will provide.
He tells us we're weak, our hope is in vain,
The good that we seek we ne'er shall obtain;
But when such suggestions our graces have tri'd,
this answers all questions, the Lord will provide.
No strength or our own, nor goodness we claim,
Yet since we have known the Saviour's great name,
In this, our strong tow'r for safely we hide,
The Lord is our pow'r, the Lord will provide.
When life sinks apace, and death is in view,
The word of his grace shall comfort us through;
Not fearing or doubting, with Christ on our side,
We hope to die shouting, the Lord will provide.