Secure Hiding Place

Verse 1

O Christ! O love divine! How wonderful art thou! What heav'nly beauties in thee shine! What mercies from thee flow!

Verse 2

Lo! thou art all we need, To make us truly blest; Thy worshippers are all agreed, Thou art the sinner's rest.

Verse 3

When blows the stormy wind, The rage of man or hell, A hiding place in thee we find, Shelter'd in peace we dwell.

Verse 4

When Satan, sin, and law, Do fiercely all unite, Most fearfully on us to draw A dark, tempestuous night.

Verse 5

When thunders roar aloud Thro' the distermper'd sky; Like lightnings from the sulph'rous cloud, When dreadful curses fly:

Verse 6

Despairing, guilty fears, In fiery tempests roll, And when the second death appears To fright the trembling soul:

Verse 7

By faith in thee made bold, We smile when tempests fall; Thou art the man promis'd of old, To cover us from all.