Chalice Hymnal #736
Display Title: Psalm 27:1-6, 13-14 First Line: God is my strong salvation Tune Title: [God is my strong salvation] Author: James Montgomery Date: 1995
Chalice Hymnal #736

1 God is my strong salvation;
what foe have I to fear?
In peril and temptation
my light, my help, is near.
Though hosts encamp around me,
firm to the fight I stand;
what terror can confound me,
with God at my right hand?
2 Place on the Lord reliance;
my soul, with courage wait;
God's truth be thine affiance,
when faint and desolate.
God's might thy heart shall strengthen,
God's love thy joy increase;
mercy thy days shall lengthen;
the Lord will give thee peace
Source: Glory to God: the Presbyterian Hymnal #841
James Montgomery (b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1771; d. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1854), the son of Moravian parents who died on a West Indies mission field while he was in boarding school, Montgomery inherited a strong religious bent, a passion for missions, and an independent mind. He was editor of the Sheffield Iris (1796-1827), a newspaper that sometimes espoused radical causes. Montgomery was imprisoned briefly when he printed a song that celebrated the fall of the Bastille and again when he described a riot in Sheffield that reflected unfavorably on a military commander. He also protested against slavery, the lot of boy chimney sweeps, and lotteries. Associated with Christians of various persuasions, Montgomery supported missio… Go to person page >| First Line: | God is my strong salvation |
| Title: | No Cause for Fear |
| Author: | James Montgomery (1822) |
| Meter: | 7.6.7.6 D |
| Language: | English |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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