Church Book ‎#481

481. Dear Refuge of my weary soul

1 Dear Refuge of my weary soul,
On Thee, when sorrows rise;
On Thee, when waves of trouble roll,
My fainting hope relies.

2 To Thee I tell each rising grief,
For Thou alone canst heal;
Thy word can bring a sweet relief,
For every pain I feel.

3 Hast Thou not bid me seek Thy face?
And shall I seek in vain?
And can the ear of sovereign grace
Be deaf when I complain?

4 No, still the ear of sovereign grace
Attends the mourner's prayer:
O may I ever find access,
To breathe my sorrows there!

Text Information

• First Line: Dear Refuge of my weary soul
• Author: Anne Steele (1760)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Cross and Comfort; The Cross and Comfort: In Outward Suffering; Epiphany, Third Sunday; Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #395 or #417

Tune Information

• Name: LONDON NEW
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Source from index: Scotch Psalter, 1635