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Text:God shall alone the refuge be
Author:Samuel Medley 1738-99
Tune:CONTEMPLATION
Composer:F A G Ouseley 1825-89

259. God shall alone the refuge be

1 God shall alone the refuge be,
and comfort of my mind;
too wise to be mistaken, he,
too good to be unkind.

2 In all his holy, sovereign will,
he is, I daily find,
too wise to be mistaken, still
too good to be unkind.

3 What though I can’t his purpose see,
nor all his footsteps find?
Too wise to be mistaken, he
too good to be unkind.

4 Hereafter he will make me know,
and I shall surely find,
he was too wise to err, and O,
too good to be unkind!

Text Information
First Line: God shall alone the refuge be
Author: Samuel Medley 1738-99
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: The Father: His Providence
Tune Information
Name: CONTEMPLATION
Composer: F A G Ouseley 1825-89
Meter: CM
Key: E♭ Major



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