Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Thou very present aid
Topic: The New Life/Afflictions
Writer: C Wesley
Composer:
Meter: SM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 1020
Page Number: 604, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThou very present aid
In suffering and distress,
The soul which still on thee is stayed,
Is kept in perfect peace.
The soul, by faith reclined
On the Redeemer's breast,
'Mid raging storms exults to find
An everlasting rest.
Sorrow and fear are gone
Whene'er thy face appears:
It stills the sighing orphan's moan,
And dries the widow's tears:
It hallows every cross;
It sweetly comforts me;
Makes me forget my every loss,
And find my all in thee.
Jesus, to whom I fly,
Doth all my wishes fill:
What though created streams are dry,
I have the fountain still.
Stripped of my earthly friends,
I find them all in One;
And peace and joy that never ends,
And heaven in Christ begun.