The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes |
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HYMN 109. (L. M.) The Darkness of Providence.
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Lord, we adore thy vast designs,The obscure abyss of providence,
Too deep to sound with mortal lines,
Too dark to view with feeble sense.
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Now thou arrayst thine awful faceIn angry frowns, without a smile;
We through the cloud believe thy grace,
Secure of thy compassion still.
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Through seas and storms of deep distressWe sail by faith and not by sight;
Faith guides us in the wilderness
Through all the briars and the night.
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Dear Father, if thy lifted rodResolve to scourge us here below,
Still we must lean upon our God,
Thine arm shall bear us safely through.
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