The Cyber Hymnal ‎#9482

9482. Alas, What Hourly Dangers Rise!

1 Alas, what hourly dangers rise!
What snares beset my way!
To Heav’n O let me lift my eyes,
And hourly watch and pray.

2 How oft my mournful thoughts complain,
And melt in flowing tears!
My weak resistance, ah, how vain!
How strong my foes and fears!

3 My gracious God, in whom I live,
My feeble efforts aid,
Help me to watch, and pray, and strive,
Though trembling and afraid.

4 Increase my faith, increase my hope,
When foes and fears prevail;
And bear my fainting spirit up;
Or soon my strength will fail.

5 Whene’er temptations fright my heart,
Or lure my feet aside,
My God, Thy powerful aid impart,
My guardian and my guide.

6 O keep me in Thy heavenly way,
And bid the tempter flee,
And let me never, never stray
From happiness and Thee.

Text Information

• First Line: Alas, what hourly dangers rise!
• Title: Alas, What Hourly Dangers Rise!
• Author: Anne Steele
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Poems on Subjects Chiefly Devotional, 1760
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate Tune: WARWICK by Stanley

Tune Information

• Name: BALLERMA
• Composer: François Hippolyte Barthélémon, 1741-1808
• Meter: CM
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Adaptation in A Selection of Original Sacred Music, 1833
• Copyright: Public Domain