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Text:Help, Lord, The Godly Fail!
Author:Henry F. Lyte
Tune:SOUTHWELL
Composer:William Daman
Media:MIDI file

9841. Help, Lord, The Godly Fail!

1 Help, Lord, the godly fail!
Help, Lord, the faithful flee!
And double hearts and tongues prevail
That taunt Thy saints and Thee.

2 With sophistries and lies
They cheat the simple soul,
Teach men Thy Gospel to despise,
And spurn Thy mild control.

3 But ah! there is a voice
In this dark growth of crimes,
That bids prophetic hearts rejoice
In hope of brighter times.

4 The Word these fools oppose
Can well their scoffs endure,
As silver from the furnace flows
More precious and more pure.

5 Their rage but sooner brings
The Lord to earth again;
And safe beneath almighty wings,
His Church shall rest till then.

Text Information
First Line: Help, Lord, the godly fail!
Title: Help, Lord, The Godly Fail!
Author: Henry F. Lyte
Meter: SM
Language: English
Source: The Spirit of the Psalms, 1834
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: SOUTHWELL
Composer: William Daman (1579)
Meter: SM
Key: e minor
Copyright: Public Domain



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