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Text:On the Good and Faithful
Tune:PENITENCE
Composer:Spencer Lane
Media:MIDI file

5366. On the Good and Faithful

1. On the good and faithful
God has set His love;
When they call He sends them
blessings from above.
Stand in awe, and sin not,
bid your heart be still;
Through the silent watches
think upon His will.

2. Lay upon God’s altar
good and loving deeds,
And in all things trust Him
to supply your needs.
Anxious and despairing,
many walk in night;
But to those that fear Him
God will send His light.

3. In God’s love abiding,
I have joy and peace
More than all the wicked,
though their wealth increase.
In His care confiding,
I will sweetly sleep.
For the Lord, my Savior,
will in safety keep.

Text Information
First Line: On the good and faithful
Title: On the Good and Faithful
Meter: 65.65 D
Language: English
Source: The Psalter (Pittsburgh: The United Presbyterian Board of Publication, 1912)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: PENITENCE
Composer: Spencer Lane (1879)
Meter: 65.65 D
Incipit: 33436 51352 33343
Key: C Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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