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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.
6 ‘E’en down to old age, all my people shall
prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples
adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in my bosom be
borne.
7 ‘The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
I will not, I will not desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor
to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.’
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Christ's comfort to the church.
1 ZION, afflicted with wave upon wave;
v-/ Whom no man can comfort, whom no
man can save;
With darkness surrounded, with terrors dis­
mayed,
In toiling and rowing thy strength is decayed.
2 Loud roaring, the billows now nigh over­
whelm,
But skillful’s the pilot who sits at the helm;
His wisdom conducts thee, his power thee
defends,
In safety and quiet thy warfare he ends.
3 ‘O fearful, O faithless!’ in mercy he cries,
‘My promise, my truth, are they light in
thine eyes ?
Still, still I am with thee, my promise shall
stand ;
Through tempests and tossings I’ll bring
thee to land.
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