Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Thou art my hiding place O Lord
Topic: Christ/Saviour
Writer: Thomas Raffles
Composer: R Simpson
Meter: CM
Tune: Balerma
Hymn Number: 259
Page Number: 086, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHOU art my hiding-place, O Lord!
In thee I put my trust,
Encouraged by thy holy word,
A feeble child of dust.
I have no argument beside,
I urge no other plea-
And 'tis enough-the Saviour died,
The Saviour died for me.
When storms of fierce temptation beat,
And furious foes assail,
My refuge is the mercy-seat,
My hope within the vail.
And when thy awful voice commands
This body to decay,
And life, in its last lingering sands,
Is ebbing fast away-
Then, though it be in accents weak,
My voice shall call on thee,
And ask for strength in death to speak,
"My Saviour died for me."