Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Hosanna with a cheerful sound
Topic: Providence
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 38
Page Number: 160, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOSANNA, with a cheerful sound,
To God's upholding hand!
Ten thousand snares attend us round,
And yet secure we stand.
That was a most amazing pow'r
That rais'd us with a word;
And ev'ry day and ev'ry hour
We lean upon the Lord.
The ev'ning rests our weary head,
And angels guard the room;
We wake, and we admire the bed
That was not made our tomb.
The rising morning can't assure
That we shall end the day;
For death stands ready at the door
To take our lives away.
Our breath is forfeited by sin
To God's avenging law;
We own thy grace, immortal King,
In ev'ry breath we draw.
God is our Sun, whose daily light
Our joy and safety brings;
Our feeble flesh lies safe at night
Beneath his cov'ring wings.