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Text:My Spirit Looks to God Alone
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:RUSSIA
Composer:Daniel Read

208. My Spirit Looks to God Alone

My spirit looks to God alone,
My rock and refuge is his throne.
In all my fears, in all my straits,
My soul on his salvation waits.
In all my fears, in all my straits,
My soul on his salvation waits.

Text Information
First Line: My spirit looks to God alone
Title: My Spirit Looks to God Alone
Author: Isaac Watts
Meter: 8.8.8.8.
Publication Date: 1996
Scripture:
Topic: Comfort; Salvation; Shaped Note Hymn (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: RUSSIA
Composer: Daniel Read
Meter: 8.8.8.8.
Key: a minor
Source: The Columbian Harmony, 1793



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