Salvation of God

Verse 1

Canaan promis'd is before; Come let us forward go, Not the ocean, nor its roar, Nor the Egyptian foe, May obstruct, when God commands; His pow'r on our behalf he shows: Move we forward to the land, Where milk and honey flows.

Verse 2

Pharaoh's hosts, our flesh and sense, Press hard upon our rear; Vainly strive to cause offence, Or make the spirit fear: God protects us in his hand, Whilst vengeance on his foes he throws: Move we forward to the land, Where milk and honey flows.

Verse 3

Roaring floods clap hands aloud, To drive us back again; Seas of trials vastly crowd T' affright the sons of men: Jesus bids us quiet stand, Whilst he his great salvation shows: Move we forward to the land, Where milk and honey flows.

Verse 4

Seas divide before our face, And stand upon an heap; Mighty waters, by his grace, Shrink from the fearful deep: On we march at his command, Nor dread the pow'r of our foes: Move we forward to the land, Where milk and honey flows.

Verse 5

Love, which God to us doth shew, Strikes the Egyptian dead; Floods, which give us passage thro', Return upon their head: Dead we see them on the strand, Nor can they further us pursue; We are in Immanuel's land, Where milk and honey flow.