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1019.
[Nor swiftness can secure the race]
The race is not to the swift, nor the battle, &c.
—ix. 11.
Nor swiftness can secure the race,
Nor strength the battle win,
We get the victory by grace
O'er hell, the world, and sin:
Jesus, we borrow it from Thee,
The power to fight and run;
Thou therefore shalt exalted be
Who all our works hast done!
Nor strength the battle win,
We get the victory by grace
O'er hell, the world, and sin:
Jesus, we borrow it from Thee,
The power to fight and run;
Thou therefore shalt exalted be
Who all our works hast done!
My utmost strength when I exert,
My utmost strength must fail,
Unless Thou take the sinner's part,
I never can prevail:
But sure I reach the heavenly goal,
If Thou support and guide:
And sanctified by Thee, my soul
Is wholly sanctified.
My utmost strength must fail,
Unless Thou take the sinner's part,
I never can prevail:
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If Thou support and guide:
And sanctified by Thee, my soul
Is wholly sanctified.
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