Steadfast Reliance Upon the Promises

Verse 1

Away, my needless fears And doubts no longer mine! A ray of heavenly light appears, A messenger divine.

Verse 2

Thrice comfortable hope, That calms my stormy breast; My Father's hand prepares the cup, And what He wills is best.

Verse 3

He knows whate'er I want; He sees my helplessness, And always readier is to grant Than I to ask His grace.

Verse 4

My fearful heart He reads, Secures my soul from harms, And underneath His mercy spreads Its everlasting arms.

Verse 5

Here is firm footing; here, My soul, is solid rock, To break the waves of grief and fear, And trouble's rudest shock:

Verse 6

This only can sustain When earth and heaven remove: O turn thee to thy Rest again, Thy God's eternal Love!