Sure [When] the blest Comforter is nigh

Verse 1

Sure the blest comforter is nigh, 'Tis he sustains my fainting heart; Else would my hope forever die, And every cheering ray depart.

Verse 2

When some kind promise glads my soul, Do I not find his healing voice the tempest of my fears control, And bid my drooping powers rejoice?

Verse 3

Whene'er to call the Savior mine, With ardent with my heart aspires; Can it be less than power divine, Which animates these strong desires?

Verse 4

What less than thy almighty word Can raise my heart from earth and dust, And bid me cleave to thee, my Lord, My life, my treasure, and my trust?

Verse 5

And when my cheerful hope can say, I love my God, and taste his grace, Lord, is it not thy blissful ray, Which brings this dawn of sacred peace?

Verse 6

Let thy kind spirit in my heart Forever dwell, O God of love, And light and heavenly peace impart, Sweet earnest of the joys above.