Psalms 18:25-29

• [Psa 18:27] Thou That Dost Save Through Pain

  Thou that dost save through pain, And dost, afflicting, bless, We offer Thee from prostrate hearts The greater thankfulness. Lord, Thou hast humbled pride— Hast shown the world at length What ruthlessness may dwell with power, What bankruptcy with strength. And teaching us the scorn Of trifles that beguile Hast given us, dear God, to live When life is most worthwhile. We thank Thee for the dream That heroes dreamed of yore, Their vision of the good, the will Earth’s freedom to restore. Spoiled children of the past, Today, more nobly blest, We thank Thee Who hast wakened us, And asked of us our best. God of the young and brave, Who nothing know of fear, Who hold the things that life outlast Than life itself more dear. We thank Thee that our souls Are strong as theirs to give All, all we cherish most on earth, That liberty may live: That we, O Good Supreme, Still through our tears can see On death’s pale brow an aureole Of immortality!

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• [Psa 18:28] O God, Before Thy Sun’s Bright Beams

  O God, before Thy sun’s bright beams All night’s dark shadows fly; So on the soul Thy mercy gleams, And doubts and terrors die. So freshly falls Thy heaven sent grace As morning’s gladdening breath; Gives light to all to seek Thy face, And guides in life and death. O holy light! O light of God! O light unseen below, Which fills the courts of Thine abode, Which there the blest shall know! Swift comes the hour when none can toil, Short is the rugged way: Teach us our lamps to fill with oil, Whilst it is called today. Then we shall see that glorious light Which to the saints is given, So sweet, so fair, so passing bright, The eternal morn of heaven. O Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, O holy One in Three, Grant us, with all Thy glorious host, To share that morn with Thee.

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• [Psa 18:28] Softly Now The Light Of Day

  Softly now the light of day Fades upon my sight away; Free from care, from labor free, Lord, I would commune with Thee. Thou, whose all pervading eye Naught escapes, without, within, Pardon each infirmity, Open fault, and secret sin. Soon for me the light of day Shall forever pass away; Then, from sin and sorrow free, Take me, Lord, to dwell with Thee. Thou Who, sinless, yet hast known All of man’s infirmity; Then, from Thine eternal throne, Jesus, look with pitying eye.

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