24. Hymn: Begone Unbelief

Hymn: Begone Unbelief

Author: John Newton (1725-1807)

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1. Begone, unbelief; my Saviour is near,
    And for my relief will surely appear:
    By prayer let me wrestle, and He will perform;
    With Christ in the vessel, I smile at the storm.

2. Though dark be my way, since He is my Guide,
    ‘Tis mine to obey, ‘tis His to provide;
    Though cisterns be broken and creatures all fail,
    The Word He has spoken shall surely prevail.

3. His love in time past forbids me to think
    He’ll leave me at last in trouble to sink;
    Each sweet Ebenezer I have in review,
    Confirms His good pleasure to help me quite through.

4. Determined to save, He watched o’er my path,
    When, Satan’s blind slave, I sported with death;
    And can He have taught me to trust in His name,
    And thus far have brought me, to put me to shame?

5. Why should I complain of want or distress,
    Temptation or pain? He told me no less:
    The heirs of salvation, I know from His Word,
    Through much tribulation must follow their Lord.

6. How bitter that cup, no heart can conceive,
    Which He drank right up, that sinners might live:
    His way was much rougher and darker than mine;
    Did Jesus thus suffer, and shall I repine?

7. Since all that I meet shall work for my good,
    The bitter is sweet, the med’cine is food;
    Though painful at present, they cease before long;
    And then, O how pleasant, the conqueror’s song!

4. Hymn: Why Should I Fear the Darkest Hour

Hymn: Why Should I Fear the Darkest Hour

Author: John Newton (1725-1807)

1. Why should I fear the darkest hour,
    Or tremble at the tempter’s power?
    Jesus vouchsafes to be my tower.

2. When creature comforts fade and die,
    Worldlings may weep, but why should I?
    Jesus still lives, and still is nigh.

3. Though all the flocks and herds were dead,
    My soul a famine need not dread,
    For Jesus is my living bread.

4. I know not what may soon betide,
    Or how my wants shall be supplied;
    But Jesus knows, and will provide.

5. Though sin would fill me with distress,
    The throne of grace I dare address,
    For Jesus is my righteousness.

6. Though faint my prayers, and cold my love,
    My steadfast hope shall not remove,
    While Jesus intercedes above.

7. Against me earth and hell combine;
    But on my side is power divine;
    Jesus is all, and He is mine.

46. Hymns: Quiet, Lord, My Froward Heart

Quiet, Lord, My Froward Heart

Author: John Newton

1. Quiet, Lord, my froward heart;
    Make me teachable and mild,
    Upright, simple, free from art;
    Make me as a weaned child,
    From distrust and envy free,
    Pleased with all that pleases Thee.

2. What Thou shalt to-day provide
    Let me as a child receive;
    What to-morrow may betide
    Calmly to Thy wisdom leave:
    'Tis enough that Thou wilt care;
    Why should I the burden bear?

3. As a little child relies
    On a care beyond his own,
    Knows he's neither strong nor wise,
    Fears to stir a step alone,
    Let me thus with Thee abide,
    As my Father, Guard, and Guide.

4. Thus preserved from Satan's wiles,
    Safe from dangers, free from fears,
    May I live upon Thy smiles
    Till the promised hour appears,
    When the sons of God shall prove
    All their Father's boundless love.