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Hymn: He bids us come his voice we know (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: He bids us come his voice we know

Topic: The New Life/Trust and Joy

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: CPM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 795

Page Number: 464, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

He bids us come; his voice we know,

And boldly on the waters go,

To him our Christ and Lord;

We walk on life's tempestuous sea,

For he who died to set us free,

Hath called us by his word.



Secure from troubled waves we tread,

Nor all the storms around us heed,

While to our Lord we look;

O'er every fierce temptation bound,--

The billows yield a solid ground,

The wave is firm as rock.



But if from him we turn our eye,

And see the raging floods run high,

And feel our fears within;

Our foes so strong, our flesh so frail,

Reason and unbelief prevail,

And sink us into sin.



Lord, we our feeble faith confess,

That little spark of faith increase,

That we may doubt no more;

But fix on thee our steady eye,

And on thine outstretched arm rely,

Till all the storm is o'er.