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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!
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.
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!
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!
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