Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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QUIETUDE AND SAFETY. |
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QUIETUDE AND SAFETY.
“They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places
of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord.”
—Judges, v. 11.
How blest the quietude of those
Deliver'd, Lord! by thee;
How safely do their souls repose
By love divine set free,
Deliver'd from the pow'r of sin,
Freed from its galling yoke within.
Deliver'd, Lord! by thee;
How safely do their souls repose
By love divine set free,
Deliver'd from the pow'r of sin,
Freed from its galling yoke within.
These drink of that immortal spring
Which every thirst supplies,
Waiting beside its brink to sing
When its blest waters rise,
Whose gentle echoes round prolong
Its music, and their grateful song.
Which every thirst supplies,
Waiting beside its brink to sing
When its blest waters rise,
Whose gentle echoes round prolong
Its music, and their grateful song.
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And never noise of archers' bows
Is by those waters heard,
Nor by the winged shafts of foes
The balmy air is stirr'd;
No sound of tumult, or of strife,
Is heard beside the spring of life.
Is by those waters heard,
Nor by the winged shafts of foes
The balmy air is stirr'd;
No sound of tumult, or of strife,
Is heard beside the spring of life.
But there the ransom'd speak thy praise,
Thy righteous acts record,
And souls redeem'd glad anthems raise
To their redeeming Lord;
And far beyond bard's sweetest verse
The grateful song their lips rehearse.
Thy righteous acts record,
And souls redeem'd glad anthems raise
To their redeeming Lord;
And far beyond bard's sweetest verse
The grateful song their lips rehearse.
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