1. Lord, in the desert bleak and bare,
Still worked your righteous goal,
Still waked a mid wild beasts your care
To save unconscious souls.
2. We thank you, Savior, that when all
The tempter's pow'r was tried,
You did not angel legions call
To chase him from your side.
3. For us, you did endure a while
To teach us arms to wield,
Stronger than hellish force or wile:
Your Word, to us revealed.
4. Your Scriptures in that hour prevailed,
The tempter’s might to quell;
The flesh, the world, the Devil failed,
The threefold force of hell.
5. Deeply on ev’ry heart engraved
Be this, your conflict, Lord!
Each body, soul, and spirit saved
May thank you for your Word.
Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #86
Keble, John, M.A., was born at Fairford, in Gloucestershire, on St. Mark's Day, 1792. His father was Vicar of Coln St. Aldwin's, about three miles distant, but lived at Fairford in a house of his own, where he educated entirely his two sons, John and Thomas, up to the time of their entrance at Oxford. In 1806 John Keble won a Scholarship at Corpus Christi College, and in 1810 a Double First Class, a distinction which up to that time had been gained by no one except Sir Robert Peel. In 1811 he was elected a Fellow of Oriel, a very great honour, especially for a boy under 19 years of age; and in 1811 he won the University Prizes both for the English and Latin Essays. It is somewhat remarkable that amid this brilliantly successful career,… Go to person page >
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