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219.

[No, Lord; it cannot shorten'd be]

Is the Lord's hand waxed short? —xi. 23.

No, Lord; it cannot shorten'd be,
That hand which plagued the' Egyptian race,
Which brought Thy people through the sea,
Which led them o'er the wilderness;
Which hath to us so often given
Drink from the rock, and bread from heaven!

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That hand hath open'd wide mine eyes:
That hand, which now by faith I see,
Measures the floods, and spans the skies,
And grasps the winds,—and covers me!
It brings the blind through ways unknown,
It holds; it lifts me to a throne.
Kept by that hand, I cannot fear
Lest earth or hell should pluck me thence:
I trample on temptation near,
Supported by Omnipotence,
Possess'd of boundless power Divine,
Of boundless love—for Christ is mine!