One more hymn of hope from someone who often felt he had no hope.
The Saints Should Never Be Dismayed
The saints should never be dismayed,
Nor sink in hopeless fear;
For when they least expect His aid,
The Savior will appear.This Abr’am found: he raised the knife;
God saw, and said, “Forbear!
Yon ram shall yield his meaner life;
Behold the victim there.”Once David seemed Saul’s certain prey;
But hark! the foe’s at hand;
Saul turns his arms another way,
To save th’invaded land.When Jonah sunk beneath the wave,
He thought to rise no more;
But God prepared a fish to save,
And bear him to the shore.Blest proofs of power and grace divine,
That meet us in His Word!
May every deep felt care of mine
Be trusted with the Lord.Wait for His seasonable aid,
And though it tarry, wait:
The promise may be long delayed,
But cannot come too late.
- Happy the Home When God is There at Above the Clouds
- The Covenant at The Thirsty Theologian.
- Shall We Gather at the River at IMD 2.0.
- O Mother Dear, Jerusalem at John Dekker’s Journal
- Be Still, My Soul at Seasonings of the Heart
- God, Who in Various Methods Told at joythruChrist
- The Collect for the Fifth Sunday after Easter at Magic Statistics