Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart :

wait, I say, on the Lord.'

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Down from the willows take:

YOUR

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Though in a foreign land,
We are not far from home;
And nearer to our house above
We every moment come.

His grace will to the end
Stronger and brighter shine;
Nor present things nor things to come
Shall quench the spark Divine.

When we in darkness walk,
Nor feel the heavenly flame,
Then is the time to trust our God,

And rest upon His name.

Soon shall our doubts and fears
Subside at His control;

His loving-kindness shall break through
The midnight of the soul.

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'Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and He shall sustain thee.'

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Thou on the Lord rely,
So safe shalt thou

go on;

Fix on His work thy steadfast eye,
So shall thy work be done.

No profit canst thou gain

By self-consuming care;

To Him commend thy cause; His ear
Attends the softest prayer.

Give to the winds thy fears;

Hope, and be undismayed;

God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears;
God shall lift up thy head.

Through waves and clouds and storms
He gently clears thy way:

Wait thou His time; so shall this night
Soon end in joyous day.

Leave to His sovereign sway

To choose and to command;

So shalt thou, wondering, own His way
How wise, how strong His hand.

'Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in Him; and He shall bring it to pass.'

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F thou but suffer God to guide thee,
And hope in Him through all thy ways,

He'll give thee strength, whate'er betide thee,
And bear thee through the evil days;

Who trusts in God's unchanging love
Builds on the rock that nought can move.
mp 2 What can these anxious cares avail thee,
These never-ceasing moans and sighs?
What can it help if thou bewail thee

O'er each dark moment as it flies?
Our cross and trials do but press
The heavier for our bitterness.

m 3 Only be still, and wait His leisure

In cheerful hope, with heart content
To take whate'er thy Father's pleasure
And all-discerning love have sent;
Nor doubt our inmost wants are known
To Him who chose us for His own.

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All are alike before the Highest;
"T is easy for our God, we know,
To raise thee up though low thou liest,
To make the rich man poor and low;
True wonders still by Him are wrought
Who setteth up and brings to nought.
mf 5 Sing, pray, and keep His ways unswerving;
So do thine own part faithfully,
And trust His word,-though undeserving,
Thou yet shalt find it true for thee;
God never yet forsook at need

The soul that trusted Him indeed.