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The Rock of Salvation.
If life’s pleasures charm you, give them not your heart,
Lest the gift ensnare you from your God to part;
His favor seek, his praises speak;
Fix here your hope’s foundation;
Serve him, and he will ever be
The Rock of your Salvation.
2 If distress befall you, painful though it be,
Let not grief appall you—to your Saviour flee;
He ever near, your prayer will hear,
And calm your perturbation;
The waves of woe shall ne’er o’erflow
The Rock of your Salvation.
3 When earth’s prospects fail you, let it not distress,
Better comforts wait you—Christ will surely bless;
To Jesus flee—your prop he’ll be,
Your heavenly consolation;
For griefs below can not o’erthrow
The Rock of your Salvation.
4 Dangers may approach you; let them not alarm;
Christ will ever watch you, and protect from harm,
He near you stands, with mighty hands
To ward off each temptation;
To Jesus fly; he’s ever nigh,
The Rock of your Salvation.
5 Let not death alarm you, shrink not from his blow;
For your God shall arm you, and victory bestow,
For death shall bring to you no sting,
The grave no desolation:
’Tis sweet to die with Jesus nigh,
The Rock of your Salvation.
F. S. Key.