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Text:God is the refuge of His saints
Tune:WARD
Composer:Dr. L. Mason

81. God is the refuge of His saints

1 God is the refuge of his saints
When storms of sharp distress invade;
Ere we can offer our complaints,
Behold him present with his aid.

2 Let mountains from their seats be hurled
Down to the deep, and buried there,
Convulsions shake the solid world--
Our faith shall never yield to fear.

3 Loud may the troubled ocean roar,
In sacred peace our souls abide;
While every nation, every shore,
Trembles and dreads the swelling tide.

4 There is a stream whose gentle flow
Supplies the city of our God,
Life, love, and joy, still gliding through,
And watering our divine abode.

Text Information
First Line: God is the refuge of His saints
Publication Date: 1865
Notes: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: WARD
Composer: Dr. L. Mason
Meter: L. M.
Key: Bâ™­ Major



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