“ That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection.” Philip iii., 10.
“O! am dreiddio i’r adnabyddiaeth”
O! for deeper meditation
On my Living, Loving Lord,
As I read the revelation
Of His Everlasting Word!
Endless death had been the sinner’s
Recompense and righteous doom,
But for My Divine Redeemer’s
Resurrection from the tomb.
God is terrible in power,
Though He be a God of love,
And no wonder sinners cower
At the thought of Him above.
Yet when with humiliation
We bow down before His Face,
He reveals His great Salvation
And the riches of His Grace.
To be under His protection
Is my soul’s security,
While to share in His Refection
Is both meat and drink to me.
By His Own Right Hand directed
I am safe where ere I go,—
By His panoply protected
I need never fear a foe.
God, My Father, is My Tower,
And what more can I desire
In temptation’s trying hour,—
In the flood, and in the fire?
By His Providence protected
I am safe in time of need:
But, if by My God rejected,
I am destitute indeed.
HYMN X.
“ God with us.” S. Matt. i, 23.
“Rhyfedd, rhyfedd gan angylion”
How the angels must have marvelled
At The Maker of them all
Clad in coarsest garb and cradled
In a common cattle stall.
Him, in Whom they had their being
Ere the universe began,
They adored as Their Creator,
Perfect God and Perfect Man.