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The shadow of a great rock, etc.
Isaiah 32:2.
He who on earth as man was known,
And bore our sins and pains,
Now seated on th’ eternal throne,
The Lord of glory reigns.
2 His hands the wheels of nature guide
With sure, unerring skill,
And countless worlds, extended wide,
Obey his sovereign will.
3 While harps unnumbered sound his praise
In yonder worlds above,
His saints on earth admire his ways,
And glory in his love.
4 This land through which his pilgrims go,
Is desolate and dry;
But streams of grace from him o’erflow,
Their thirst to satisfy.
5 When troubles, like a burning sun,
Beat heavy on their head,
To this high Rock for rest they run,
And find a pleasing shade.
6 How glorious he, how happy they
In such a generous friend,
Whose love secures them all the way,
And crowns them at the end.
Newton.