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HYMN.
[Is God for me, what is it]
If God be for us, who can be against us?
—Rom. viii. 31.
Is God for me, what is it
That man can do to me?—
Oft as my God I visit
All woes give way and flee.
That man can do to me?—
Oft as my God I visit
All woes give way and flee.
If God be my salvation,
My refuge in distress,
What earthly tribulation
Can shake my steadfast peace?
My refuge in distress,
What earthly tribulation
Can shake my steadfast peace?
The ground of my profession
Is Jesus and his blood,
He gives me the possession
Of everlasting good.
Is Jesus and his blood,
He gives me the possession
Of everlasting good.
In me and in my doing
Is nothing on this earth,
What Jesus is bestowing
Alone is truly worth.
Is nothing on this earth,
What Jesus is bestowing
Alone is truly worth.
My Jesus and His merit
Is all for which I care;
Were he not with my spirit,
Ah, I should soon despair!
Is all for which I care;
Were he not with my spirit,
Ah, I should soon despair!
I know no condemnation,
No law that speaks despair,
And Satan's accusation
I cast into the air.
No law that speaks despair,
And Satan's accusation
I cast into the air.
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For me there is provided
A city fair and new,
To it I shall be guided—
Jerusalem the true!
A city fair and new,
To it I shall be guided—
Jerusalem the true!
My portion there is lying,
A destined Canaan-lot;
Though I am daily dying,
My Canaan withers not.
A destined Canaan-lot;
Though I am daily dying,
My Canaan withers not.
My heart within me leapeth,
And cannot down be cast,
In sunshine bright it keepeth
A never-ending feast.
And cannot down be cast,
In sunshine bright it keepeth
A never-ending feast.
The sun which smiling lights me
Is Jesus Christ alone;
And what to sing invites me,
Is heaven on earth begun.
Is Jesus Christ alone;
And what to sing invites me,
Is heaven on earth begun.
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