Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: God my supporter and my hope
Topic: God/In Redemption
Writer: <no first name given> Watts
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 114
Page Number: 070, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGod! my supporter and my hope,
My help for ever near,
Thine arm of mercy held me up
When sinking in despair.
Thy counsels, Lord! shall guide my feet
Through this dark wilderness;
Thy hand conduct me near thy seat,
To dwell before thy face.
Were I in heaven without my God,
'T would be no joy to me;
And while this earth is my abode
I long for none but thee.
What if the springs of life were broke,
And flesh and heart should faint?
God is my soul's eternal rock,
The strength of every saint.