Page 190 - bethel-primitive-baptist-hymns

CHURCH MEETINGS.
215 S. M.
Safety of the Church.
1 REAT is the Lord our God,
LJ And let his praise be great;
He makes his churches his abode,
His most delightful seat.
2 In Zion God is known,
A refuge in distress ;
How bright has his salvation shown,
Through all her palaces.
3 When kings against her joined,
And saw the Lord was there,
In wild confusion of the mind,
They fled with hasty fear.
4 Oft have our fathers told,
Our eyes have often seen,
How well our God secures the fold
Where his own sheep have been.
5 In every new distress,
We’ll to his house repair ;
We’ll call to mind his wondrous grace,
And seek deliverance there.
216 JL. M.
We have no continuing city here. Heb. xiil. 14.
1 \ X ZE’VE no abiding city here:—
VV This may distress the worlding’s mind,
But should not cost a saint a tear,
Who hopes a better rest to find.
2 We’ve no abiding city here :—
Sad truth, were this to be our home;
171