DISTRESS.
Let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.—Genesis, xxxv. 3.
I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.—Psalm cxviii. 5.
There shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.—Luke, xxi. 23.
Through all the changing scenes of life,
In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.
Of His deliverance I will boast,
Till all who are distrest
From my example comfort take,
And charm their griefs to rest.
Brady and Tate.
He can, He will, from out the dust,
Raise the blest spirits of the just;
Heal every wound, hush every fear,
From every eye wipe every tear;
And place them where distress is o’er,
And pleasures dwell for evermore.
Bishop Mant.
Lo! through the gloom of guilty fears,
My faith discerns a dawn of grace;
The Sun of Righteousness appears
In Jesus’ reconciling face.
My suffering, slain, and risen Lord!
In deep distress I turn to Thee—
I claim acceptance in thy word,
My God! my God! forsake not me!
James Montgomery.
Teach me in times of deep distress
To own Thy hand, my God!
And in submissive silence learn
The lessons of Thy rod.
Heginbotham.