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| Text: | Captain of Israel's Host |
| Author: | Charles Wesley |
| Tune: | COLERAINE |
1 Captain of Israel's host and guide
of all who seek the land above,
beneath thy shadow we abide,
the cloud of thy protecting love;
our strength, thy grace; our rule, thy word;
our end, the glory of the Lord.
2 By thine unerring Spirit led,
we shall not in the desert stray;
we shall not full direction need,
nor miss our providential way;
as far from danger as from fear
while love, almighty love, is near.
3 We've no abiding city here,
but seek a city out of sight;
thither our steady course we steer,
aspiring to the plains of light:
Jerusalem the saints' abode,
whose founder is the living God.
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| First Line: | Captain of Israel's host and guide |
| Title: | Captain of Israel's Host |
| Author: | Charles Wesley (1747, 1762) |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8.88 |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1985 |
| Scripture: | ; |
| Topic: | City of God; God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob |
| Source: | St. 1-2 inspired by Matthew Henry (c. 1700), written in 1762. St. 3 written in 1747 |
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| Name: | COLERAINE |
| Meter: | 8.8.8.8.88 |
| Key: | G Major |
| Source: | La Scala Santa (Ireland, 1681) |
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