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Doubts Overcome by Faith

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals Topics: Comfort in Trials First Line: To God for help will I repair Lyrics: 1 To God for help will I repair, To God will I direct my prayer, And surely He will answer me, His great salvation I shall see. 2 In long-continued grief I stand And seek the Lord with outstretched hand; I find no comfort for my soul the clouds of darkness o'er me roll. 3 I think of God and call to mind His goodness, yet no peace I find; I still pour out my sad complaints, My burdened spirit almost faints. 4 With sleepless eyes and speechless grief I search the past to find relief, The former years when days were bright And songs of gladness cheered my night. 5 My constant meditations bring My heart to anxious questioning: Has God cast off, and will He be No longer merciful to me? 6 Has God forgotten to be kind? Shall I His promise faithless find? For me shall wrath henceforth replace His tender mercies and His grace? 7 In weakness I was pressed with fear, But better hopes my spirit cheer; Past mercies lead me to rely Upon the help of God Most High. 8 Thy deeds, O Lord, will I relate And on thy wonders meditate; Thy way, O God, is just and right, And none is like to Thee in might. 9 Among the nations Thou hast shown Thy wondrous power and made it known; Thou art the God that mightily Redeemed and set Thy people free. 10 At sight of Thee the waters fled, The quaking clouds their torrents shed, The lightnings flashed, the thunder pealed, The trembling earth her fear revealed. 11 Thy way, O God, was in the sea, But, though Thy paths mysterious be, Thy people Thou didst safely keep As shepherds lead their helpless sheep. Scripture: Psalm 77 Used With Tune: SESSIONS

God of my life, to Thee I call!

Author: William Cowper Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 171 hymnals Topics: Trials Comfort in Lyrics: 1 God of my life, to Thee I call! Afflicted at Thy feet I fall; When the great water-floods prevail, Leave not my trembling heart to fail. 2 Friend of the friendless and the faint! Where should I lodge my deep complaint? Where but with Thee, whose open door Invites the helpless and the poor! 3 Did ever mourner plead with Thee. And Thou refuse that mourner's plea? Does not Thy word still fixed remain, That none shall seek Thy face in vain! 4 Poor though I am--despised, forgot, Yet God, my God, forgets me not; And he is safe, and must succeed, For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead. Amen. Used With Tune: BLACKBURN

Our Source of Strength

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Comfort in Trials First Line: As Thou, O Lord, hast made me strong Lyrics: 1 As Thou, O Lord, hast made me strong To overcome my mighty foe, So now to fight against the wrong And conquer in Thy Name I go. 2 From strife Thou wilt deliver me, And make the nations own my sway; Strange peoples when my pow'r they see, Shall come with trembling and obey. 3 Jehovah lives, and blest is He, My rock, my refuge and defense, My Saviour Who delivers me, And will the wicked recompense. 4 For grace and mercy ever near, For foes subdued and victories won, All nations of the earth shall hear My praise for what the Lord has done. 5 To David, His anointed king, And to his sons upon his throne, The Lord will great salvation bring And ever make His mercy known. Scripture: Psalm 18 Used With Tune: MOZART

The Guardian Care of God

Appears in 9 hymnals Topics: Comfort in Trials First Line: Thou, Jehovah, art my Shepherd Lyrics: 1 Thou, Jehovah, art my Shepherd, Therefore I no want shall know; In green pastures Thou dost rest me, Leadest where still waters flow, And, when fainting, Sweet refreshment dost bestow. 2 For Thy Name's sake, Thou dost guide me In the paths of righteousness; Tho' I walk the vale of shadows, Fears no more my soul oppress; Thou art with me, With Thy rod and staff to bless. 3 Thou preparest me a table In the presence of the foe; Thou my head with oil anointest, Yea, my cup doth overflow, O my Saviour, Having Thee, no want I know. 4 Surely grace and loving-kindness Shall forever follow me, Till, my days of life all ended, Evermore my home shall be, O Jehovah, In Thy holy house with Thee. Scripture: Psalm 23 Used With Tune: CORONÆ

Thristings for God

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 11 hymnals Topics: Comfort in Trials First Line: As thirsts the hart for water brooks Lyrics: 1 As thirsts the hart for water brooks, So thirsts my soul, O God for Thee; It seeks for God, and ever looks And longs the living God to see, And longs the living God to see. 2 Far from the courts of God, my tears Have been my food by night and day, While constantly with bitter sneers, Where is thy God, the scoffers say, Where is thy God, the scoffers say. 3 With grief I think of days gone by, when oft I trod the hallowed way To Zion, praising God on high With throngs who kept the holy day, With throngs who kept the holy day. 4 O why art thou cast down, my soul, And why so troubled shouldst thou be? Hope thou in God, and Him extol, Who gives His saving help to me, Who gives His saving help to me. 5 Since, O my God, my soul is bowed, In exile far, with bitter grief, I turn my thoughts to Thy abode For consolation and relief, For consolation and relief. 6 With mighty voice deep calls to deep, While raging storms Thy judgments tell; The angry billows o'er me leap, The waves of sorrow near me swell, The waves of sorrow near me swell. 7 Thought troubles surge, yet through the day The Lord His gracious help will give, And in the night my heart shall pray And sing to Him in Whom I live, And sing to Him in Whom I live. 8 To God my Rock I cry and say, O why hast Thou forgotten me? Why go I mourning on my way, Oppressed by foes that know not Thee, Oppressed by foes that know not Thee? 9 With anguish as from piercing sword Reproach of bitter foes I hear, While day by day, with taunting word Where is thy God, the scoffers sneer, Where is thy God, the scoffers sneer. 10 O why art thou cast down, my soul, And why so troubled shouldst thou be? Hope thou in God, and Him extol, Who gives His saving help to me, Who gives His saving help to me. Scripture: Psalm 42 Used With Tune: BACA

Fear and Faith

Appears in 8 hymnals Topics: Comfort in Trials First Line: What time I am afraid Lyrics: 1 What time I am afraid I put my trust in Thee; In God I rest, and praise His word, so rich and free. 2 In God I put my trust, I neither doubt nor fear, For man can never harm With God my helper near. 3 In God the Lord, I rest, His word of grace I praise, His promise stands secure, Nor fear nor foe dismays. 4 Upon me are Thy vows, O God, in Whom I live; The sacrifice of praise To Thee I now will give. 5 For Thou hast saved from death, From falling kept me free, That in the light of life My walk may be with Thee. Scripture: Psalm 56 Used With Tune: HOLY GUIDE

The Divine Goodness

Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Comfort in Trials First Line: Thou, Lord, hast dealt well with Thy servant Lyrics: 1 Thou, Lord, hast dealt well with Thy servant, Thy promise is faithful and just; Instruct me in judgment and knowledge, For in Thy commandments I trust. 2 Before my affliction I wandered, But now Thy good word I obey; O Thou, Who art holy and gracious, Now teach me Thy statutes, I pray. 3 The proud have assailed me with slander; Thy precepts shall still be my guide; Thy law is my joy and my treasure, Though sinners may boast in their pride. 4 Affliction has been for my profit, That I to Thy statues might hold; Thy law to my soul is more precious Than thousands of silver and gold. Scripture: Psalm 119 Used With Tune: NILUS

Spiritual Thirst

Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Comfort in Trials First Line: As thirsts the hart for cooling flood Lyrics: 1 As thirsts the hart for cooling flood, So longs my soul, O living God, To taste Thy grace; When unto thee shall I draw near, O when within Thy courts appear, And see Thy face? 2 How oft I lead the happy throngs That sought the house of God with songs Of joy and praise; I ever joined with true delight The multitude that kept aright The holy days. 3 O why, my soul, thy hopelessness? Why such disquiet and distress? On God rely; For I shall yet behold His face, Who is my God, and I His grace Will magnify. Scripture: Psalm 42 Used With Tune: SNOWDEN

Questionings and Comfort

Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 6 hymnals Topics: Comfort in Trials First Line: To God will I direct my prayer Lyrics: 1 To God will I direct my prayer, And He will make my needs His care; I trust Him still, though in my grief No answer yet has brought relief; With hands stretched out through all the night, Uncomforted I sought for light. 2 The thought of God brought me no peace, But rather made my fears increase; With sleepless eyes and speechless pain My fainting spirit grieved in vain; The blessedness of long ago Made deeper still my present woe. 3 Recalling days when faith was bright, When songs of gladness filled my night, I pondered o'er my grievous woes And searching questioning arose: Will God cast off, and nevermore His favor to my soul restore? 4 I asked in fear and bitterness, Will God forsake me in distress? Shall I His promise faithless find? Has God forgotten to be kind? Has He in anger hopelessly Removed His love and grace from me? 5 These doubts and fears that troubled me Were born of my infirmity; Tho' I am weak, God is most high, And on His goodness I rely; Of all His wonders I will tell, And on His deeds my tho'ts shall dwell. Scripture: Psalm 77 Used With Tune: FILLMORE

Holiness and divine favor

Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: Comfort in Trials First Line: As I in life have righteous been Scripture: Psalm 18:14-21 Used With Tune: [As I in life have righteous been]