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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: O strong to save and bless (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: O strong to save and bless

Topic: The New Life/Trust and Joy

Writer: <no first name given> Bonar

Composer:

Meter: 6s and 4s

Tune:

Hymn Number: 786

Page Number: 459, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

O strong to save and bless,

My Rock and Righteousness,

Draw near to me.

Blessing, and joy, and might,

Wisdom, and love, and light,

Are all with thee.



My Refuge and my Rest,

As child on mother's breast

I lean on thee.

From faintness and from fear,

When foes and ill are near,

Deliver me.



O, answer me, my God;

Thy love is deep and broad,

Thy grace is true.

Thousands this grace have shared;

O, let me now be heard,

O, love me too.