Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: God of my life to thee I call
Topic: The New Life/Afflictions
Writer: <no first name given> Cowper
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 995
Page Number: 590, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGod of my life, to thee I call;
Afflicted, at thy feet I fall;
When the great water-floods prevail,
Leave not my trembling heart to fail.
Friend of the friendless and the faint,
Where should I lodge my deep complaint?
Where -- but with thee, whose open door
Invites the helpless and the poor?
He who has helped me hitherto
Will help me all the journey through,
And give me daily cause to raise
New trophies to his endless praise.
Though rough and thorny be the road,
It leads thee home, apace to God;
Then count thy present trials small,
For heaven will make amends for all.