378 Under His Wings. 8s.
Psalm 91.
In God I have found a retreat,
Where I can securely abide;
No refuge nor rest so complete;
And here I intend to reside.
CHO.--Oh, what comfort it brings,
As my soul sweetly sings,
I am safe from all danger
While under his wings.
2 I dread not the terror by night,
No arrow can harm me by day;
His shadow has covered me quite,
My fears he has driven away.
3 The pestilence walking about,
When darkness has settled abroad,
Can never compel me to doubt
The presence and power of God.
4 The wasting destruction at noon
No fearful foreboding can bring;
With Jesus my soul doth commune,
His perfect salvation I sing.
5 A thousand may fall at my side,
And ten thousand at my right hand;
Above me his wings are spread wide,
Beneath them in safety I stand.
James Nicholson.
379 He Knows It All. 8s & 4s.
Divine Sympathy.
He knows the bitter, weary way,
The endless striving day by day,
The souls that weep, the souls that pray--
He knows it all.
REF.--He knows it all,
The bitter, weary way;
O souls that weep, O souls that pray,
He knows it all.
2 He knows how hard the fight has been,
The clouds that come our lives between,
The wounds the world has never seen--
He knows it all.
3 He knows, when, faint and worn, we sink,
How deep the pain, how near the brink
Of dark despair we pause and shrink--
He knows it all.
4 He knows! oh, thought so full of bliss!
For though on earth our joys we miss.
We still can bear it, feeling this--
He knows it all.
Unknown.