Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: From foes that round us rise
Topic: Fast Day
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 245
Page Number: 211, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsFrom foes that round us rise,
O God of heav'n, defend,
Who brave the vengeance of the skies,
And with thy saints contend.
Behold, from distant shores,
And deserts wild, they come;
Combine for blood, their barb'rous force,
And thro' our countries roam.
Beneath the silent shade
Their secret plots they lay;
Our peaceful walls by night invade,
And waste our fields by day.
And will the God of grace,
Regardless of our pain,
Permit, secure, that impious race,
To riot in their reign?
Awake, O arm of God,
Restrain our num'rous foes;
Now wash our souls in Jesus' blood;
And free us from our woes.
Then shall our grateful voice,
Proclaim our guardian God;
The nations round the earth rejoice,
And sound thy praise abroad.