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1 O my distrustful heart,
How small thy faith appears!
But greater, Lord, thou art,
Than all my doubts and fears.
Did Jesus once upon me shine?
Then Jesus is for ever mine.
2 Unchangeable his will;
Whatever be my frame,
His loving heart is still
Eternally the same.
My soul through many changes goes;
His love no variation knows.
3 Thou, Lord, wilt carry on,
And perfectly perform,
The work thou hast begun
In me, a sinful worm;
’Midst all my fear, and sin, and woe,
Thy Spirit will not let me go.
4 The bowels of thy grace
At first did freely move;
I still shall see thy face,
And feel that God is love.
My soul into thy arms I cast;
I trust I shall be saved at last.
Source: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #339
First Line: | O my distrustful heart |
Title: | God's Love Eternal and Unchangeable |
Author: | William Hammond |
Meter: | 6.6.6.6.8.8 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
O my distrustful heart. W. Hammond. [Final Perseverance.] This hymn, on 2 Tim. ii. 13, "If we believe not, yet He abideth faithful," appeared in his Psalms & Hymns, &c, 1745, p. 105, in 4 stanzas of 6 lines. In 1776, A. M. Toplady published it in a rewritten form, but beginning with the same first line, in his Psalms & Hymns, &c, No. 252. This arrangement was repeated in various collections to Snepp's Songs of Grace & Glory, 1872, No. 727, with the change in Snepp of stanza iv. 1. 1. from "The bowels of Thy grace," to "Thy rich and sovereign grace." It is also in other collections, and should be given as "W. Hammond, 1745; A. M. Toplady, 1776."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)