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"Kept by the power of God through faith into salvation"

Philip Doddridge • English

Primary Scripture: 2 Samuel 23:5

Verse 1

My God! the covenant of Thy love Abides for ever sure; And in its matchless grace I feed My happiness secure.

Verse 2

Since Thou, the everlasting God, My Father art become, Jesus, my Guardian and my Friend, And heaven my final home,--

Verse 3

I welcome all Thy sovereign will, For all that will is love; And when I know not what Thou dost, I wait the light above.

Verse 4

Thy cov'nant in the darkest gloom Shall heavenly rays impart, Which, when my eyelids close in death, Shall warm my chilling heart.

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