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Poems

By The Rev. Mr. Logan
  

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HYMN III. TRUST IN PROVIDENCE.

Almighty Father of mankind,
On Thee my hopes remain;
And when the day of trouble comes,
I shall not trust in vain.
Thou art our kind Preserver, from
The cradle to the tomb;
And I was cast upon thy care,
Even from my mother's womb.

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In early years thou wast my guide,
And of my youth the friend;
And as my days began with thee,
With Thee my days shall end.
I know the Power in whom I trust,
The arm on which I lean;
He will my Saviour ever be,
Who has my Saviour been.
In former times, when trouble came,
Thou didst not stand afar;
Nor didst thou prove an absent friend
Amid the din of war.
My God, who causedst me to hope,
When life began to beat,
And when a stranger in the world,
Didst guide my wandering feet;
Thou wilt not cast me off, when age
And evil days descend;
Thou wilt not leave me in despair,
To mourn my latter end.
Therefore in life I'll trust to Thee,
In death I will adore
And after death will sing thy praise,
When time shall be no more.