PROMISE.
He remembered His holy promise, and Abraham His servant.
And He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen with gladness.—Psalm cv. 42, 43.
Behold I send the promise of my Father upon you.—Luke, xxiv. 49.
The Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you.
All the promises of God in Him are yea, and in Him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.—II. Corinthians, i. 19, 20.
His very word of grace is strong
As that which built the skies;
The voice that rolls the stars along
Speaks all the promises.
He said, “Let the wide heaven be spread;”
And heaven was stretched abroad.
“Abra’m, I’ll be thy God,” He said;
And He was Abra’m’s God.
Watts.
Happy the man whose hopes rely
On Israel’s God: He built the sky,
And earth, and seas, with all their train;
His truth for ever stands secure,
He saves the oppress’d, He feeds the poor,
And none shall find His promise vain.
Watts.
When the good man yields his breath,
(For the good man never dies,)
Bright, beyond the gulf of death,
To the land of promise hies!
James Montgomery.
Still let me love the sacred page
Where truths from Heaven recorded lie;
And while I tread this mortal stage,
May I be taught to live and die.
Still let me bind it to my heart,
The richest jewel I can wear;
That when all other charms depart,
Its lustre still may sparkle there.
Father! Thy truth shall be my guide;
Thy promises my soul shall cheer;
And when by sin or sorrow tried,
Oh! may Thy smile dispel my fear.
Hutton.