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Hymnal Number
89Resource Type:
Keys included:
Em
About this Hymn
We never know so much of heaven in our own souls, nor stand so high upon the mount of communion with God, as when his Spirit, breathing on our hearts, makes us lie low at the footstool of sovereign grace and inspires us with this cry: "O God, be mine the comfort of salvation, but thine be the entire praise of it." – Augustus Toplady
Lyrics
Verse 1
A sov'reign Protector I have, unseen, yet forever at hand, unchangeably faithful to save, almighty to rule and command. He smiles, and my comforts abound; his grace as the dew shall descend; and walls of salvation surround the soul he delights to defend.
Verse 2
Inspirer and hearer of prayer, thou Shepherd and Guardian of thine, my all to thy covenant care I sleeping and waking resign. If thou art my Shield and my Sun, the night is no darkness to me; and fast as my moments roll on, they bring me but nearer to thee.
Verse 3
Kind Author and ground of my hope, thee, thee, for my God I avow; my glad Ebenezer set up, and own thou hast helped me till now. I muse on the years that are past, wherein my defense thou hast proved; nor wilt thou relinquish at last a sinner so signally loved!
A sov'reign Protector I have, unseen, yet forever at hand, unchangeably faithful to save, almighty to rule and command. He smiles, and my comforts abound; his grace as the dew shall descend; and walls of salvation surround the soul he delights to defend.
Verse 2
Inspirer and hearer of prayer, thou Shepherd and Guardian of thine, my all to thy covenant care I sleeping and waking resign. If thou art my Shield and my Sun, the night is no darkness to me; and fast as my moments roll on, they bring me but nearer to thee.
Verse 3
Kind Author and ground of my hope, thee, thee, for my God I avow; my glad Ebenezer set up, and own thou hast helped me till now. I muse on the years that are past, wherein my defense thou hast proved; nor wilt thou relinquish at last a sinner so signally loved!
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Augustus Toplady, 1768
Music: David Emlyn Evans, 1890
Music: David Emlyn Evans, 1890