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TRUST IN GOD.
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"So not a word that flows from me
Shall ineffectual fall;
But universal nature prove
Obedient to my call.
Shall ineffectual fall;
But universal nature prove
Obedient to my call.
"With joy and peace shall then be led
The glad converted lands:
The lofty mountains then shall sing,
The forests clap their hands.
The glad converted lands:
The lofty mountains then shall sing,
The forests clap their hands.
"Where briers grew 'midst barren wilds,
Shall firs and myrtles spring;
And Nature, through its utmost bounds,
Eternal praises sing.'
Shall firs and myrtles spring;
And Nature, through its utmost bounds,
Eternal praises sing.'
Trust in God Under Severe Earthly Privations.
Habakkuk iii. 17-18.
What though no flowers the fig-tree clothe,
Though vines their fruit deny,
The labour of the olive fail,
And fields no meat supply?
Though vines their fruit deny,
The labour of the olive fail,
And fields no meat supply?
Though from the fold, with sad Surprise
My flock cut off I see;
Though famine pine in empty stalls,
Where herds were wont to be?
My flock cut off I see;
Though famine pine in empty stalls,
Where herds were wont to be?
Yet in the Lord will I be glad,
And glory in His love;
In Him I'll joy, who will the God
Of my salvation prove.
And glory in His love;
In Him I'll joy, who will the God
Of my salvation prove.
He to my tardy feet shall lend
The swiftness of the foe;
Till, raised on high, I safely dwell
Beyond the reach of woe.
The swiftness of the foe;
Till, raised on high, I safely dwell
Beyond the reach of woe.
God is the treasure of my soul,
The source of lasting joy;
A joy which want shall not impair,
Nor death itself destroy.
The source of lasting joy;
A joy which want shall not impair,
Nor death itself destroy.
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