A Few Hymns and Some Spiritual Songs. Selected 1856, for the Little Flock. Revised, 1881 ‎#76

76. Rise, my soul, thy God directs thee

1 Rise, my soul, thy God directs thee,
Stranger hands no more impede;
Pass thou on, His hand protects thee,
Strength that has the captive freed.

2 Is the wilderness before thee,
Desert lands where drought abides?
Heavenly springs shall there restore thee,
Fresh from God's exhaustless tides.

3 Light divine surrounds thy going,
God Himself shall mark thy way;
Secret blessings, richly flowing,
Lead to everlasting day.

4 God, thine everlasting portion,
Feeds thee with the mighty's meat;
Price of Egypt's hard extortion,
Egypt's food no more to eat.

5 Art thou weaned from Egypt's pleasures,
God in secret thee shall keep,
There unfold His hidden treasures,
There His love's exhaustless deep.

6 In the desert God will teach thee
What the God that thou hast found,
Patient, gracious, pow'rful, holy,
All His grace shall there abound.

7 On to Canaan's rest still wending,
E'en thy wants and woes shall bring
Suited grace from high descending,
Thou shalt taste of mercy's spring.

8 Though thy way be long and dreary,
Eagle strength He'll still renew:
Garments fresh and foot unweary
Tell how God hath brought thee through.

9 When to Canaan's long-loved dwelling
Love divine thy foot shall bring,
There with shouts of triumph swelling,
Zion's songs in rest to sing,--

10 There no stranger, God shall meet thee,
Stranger thou in courts above,
He who is His rest shall greet thee
Greets thee with a well-known love.

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• First Line: Rise, my soul, thy God directs thee
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1881

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