A Safe Retreat

Representative Text

1 Dear Father, to thy mercy-seat
My soul for shelter flies:
'Tis here I find a safe retreat
When storms and tempests rise.

2 My cheerful hope can never die,
If thou, my God, art near;
Thy grace can raise my comforts high,
And banish every fear.

3 My great Protector and my Lord,
Thy constant aid impart;
Oh, let thy kind, thy gracious word
Sustain my trembling heart!

4 Oh, never let my soul remove
From this divine retreat!
Still let me trust thy power and love,
And dwell beneath thy feet.

Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs ancient & modern (Abr. ed.) #73

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: My God, 'tis to Thy mercy seat
Title: A Safe Retreat
Author: Anne Steele (1760)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1760
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

My God, 'tis to Thy Mercy-seat. Anne Steele. [The Mercy-Seat.] First published in her Poems on Subjects chiefly Devotional, &c, 1760, vol. i. p. 133, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed: "Refuge and Strength in the Mercy of God." It was repeated in the 2nd edition of the Poems, &c., 1780, and in Sedgwick's reprint of her Hymns, 1863. It is in common use both in its original form and as "Dear Father, to Thy Mercy-seat." The latter form is chiefly in use in America.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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A Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the use of the Baptist Church and all lovers of song #187

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #672

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #292

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A Collection of Spiritual Hymns #726

A New and Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of the Regular Baptist Church. 10th ed. #d121

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #978

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A Pastor's Selection of Hymns and Tunes #450

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #292

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #292

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #51

Apples of Gold in Pictures of Silver #d50

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Baptist Hymn Book #a415

Bells of Heaven #d83

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d189

Chapel Hymns #d353

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Chapel Melodies #223

Christian Hymnal #d84

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Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship #432

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Christian Melodies #107

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Christian Melodies #107

Christian Psalms and Hymns to Aid in Public and Private Devotion #d193

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Church Harmonies #650

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d211

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Church Psalmist #24

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Church Psalmist #24

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Church Psalmist #24

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Church Psalmody #H572

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Church Psalmody #572

Companion of Praise for the Sunday School, Family and Prayer Meeting #d44

Crowning Carols #d26

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Deutsches Lieder- und Melodienbuch #a204

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Dupuy's Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Rev. corr. and enl.) #240

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Dyer's Psalmist #331

From the Cross to the Crown #d22

Gleanings of Praise #d37

Gloria in Excelsis #d131

Gloria in Excelsis #d73

Glorious Tidings #d24

Golden Sheaves No. 1 #d23

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Great Joy! #124

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Hallowed Songs #53

Hosannas to the King #d21

Hosannas to the King, No.2 #d23

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Hymni Ecclesiae #315

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Hymns and Carols for Church and Sunday-school #48

Hymns and Tunes for Home Worship #d43

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Hymns and Tunes #204

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Hymns for Schools #43

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #315

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #315

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Hymns for the Reformed Church in the United States #136

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #776

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Hymns New and Old, Revised #222

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Hymns of Worship #83

Jubilant Voices #d29

Laudent Omnes #d39

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Laudes Domini #73

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Laudes Domini #103

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #572

Melodies of the Church #d199

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Mission Songs #32

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #290

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #290

New Spiritual Songs #197h

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New Union Hymns #23

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Plymouth Collection #a822

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Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #822

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Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, Vol. 1 #133

Prison Hymn Book #d64

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Progressive Sunday School Songs #67

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #314

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H358

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Psalms and Hymns #633

Reaper Songs #d11

Sacred Chimes #37

Sacred Lyrics #d19

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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #184

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Sacred Songs for Family and Social Worship #214

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Sacred Songs for School Use #48

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Sacred Songs for Social Worship #57

Schools Lyrics #d40

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Seamen's Hymns #24

Seamen's Hymns and Devotional Assistant #d134

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Social Hymn Book #42

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Social Psalmist #24

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #340

Songs for the New Life #d115

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #867

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #867

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #867

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Songs for the Sanctuary #867

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Songs for the Sanctuary #867

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Songs for the Sanctuary #867

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Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #13

Songs of Salvation. Work songs #d38

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Songs of the Church #739

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