Be of good cheer: it is I: be not afraid.
Matt. xiv. 27.
1 WHY those fears ?-Behold, 'tis Jesus
Holds the helm and guides the ship:
Spread the sails, and catch the breezes
Sent to waft us through the deep,
To the regions
Where the mourners cease to weep.
2 Though the shore we hope to land on
Only by report is known,
Yet we freely all abandon,
Led by that report alone;
And with Jesus
Through the trackless deep move on.
3 Led by that, we brave the ocean;
Led by that, the storms defy;
Calm amidst tumultuous motion,
Knowing that our Lord is nigh:
Waves obey him,
And the storms before him fly.
4 O what pleasures there await us:
There the tempests cease to roar;
There it is that those who hate us
Can molest our peace no more:
Trouble ceases
On that tranquil happy shore."
329 These confessed that they were strangers and [8s. 7s. 4. pilgrims on the earth.-Heb. xi. 13.
1 GUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven,
Feed me till I want no more.
2 Open now the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong Deliverer,
Be thou still my strength and shield.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Death of deaths and hell's Destruction,
Land me safe on Canaan's side:
Songs of praises
I will ever give to thee.°
The ark of the covenant of the Lord went
before them.-Num. x. 33.
1 LEAD us, heavenly Father, lead us
O'er the world's tempestuous sea;
Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us,
For we have no help but thee;
Yet possessing
Every blessing,
If our God our Father be.
2 Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us;
All our weakness thou dost know;
Thou didst tread this earth before us,
Thou didst feel its keenest woe;
Lone and dreary,
Through the desert thou didst go.
3 Spirit of our God, descending,
Fill our hearts with heavenly joy;
Love with every passion blending,
Pleasure that can never cloy:
Thus provided,
Pardon'd, guided,
Nothing can our peace destroy.
331 The Lord is my shepherd: I shall not want. [SIX 8s.
1 THE Lord my pasture shall prepare,
And feed me with a shepherd's care;
His presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful eye;
My noon-day walks he shall attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.
2 When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant,
To fertile vales and dewy meads
My weary wandering steps he leads,
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landscape flow.
3 Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread,
My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For thou, O Lord, art with me still;
Thy friendly crook shall give me aid,
And guide me through the dreadful shade.
4 For me when spent with conflict, Lord,
Thy bounty spreads a sumptuous board;
Here crown'd with goodness I repose;
With mercy here my cup o'erflows:
Sweet pledges of the joys to come
In heaven my everlasting home."
332 The ransomed of the Lord shall come to Zion [SIX 88. with songs and everlasting joy upon their
1 LEADER of faithful souls and guide
Of all that travel to the sky,
Come, and with us, e'en us abide,
Who would on thee alone rely;
On thee alone our spirits stay,
While held in life's uneven way.
2 Strangers and pilgrims here below,
This earth, we know, is not our place;
But hasten through the vale of woe,
And, restless to behold thy face,
Swift to our heavenly country move,
Our everlasting home above.
3 Through thee, who all our sins hast borne,
Freely and graciously forgiven,
With songs to Zion we return,
Contending for our native heaven;
That palace of our glorious King,
We find it nearer while we sing.
4 Raised by the breath of love divine,
We urge our way with strength renew'd; The church of the first-born to join
We travel to the mount of God;
With joy upon our heads arise,
And meet our Captain in the skies."
333 The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. [THREE 8s. Ps. cxviii. 6.
1 WHY should I fear the darkest hour, Or tremble at the tempter's power? Jesus vouchsafes to be my tower.
2 Though hot the fight, why quit the field? Why must I either fly or yield,
Since Jesus is my mighty shield ?
3 I know not what may soon betide,
Or how my wants shall be supplied;
But Jesus knows, and will provide.
4 Though sin would fill me with distress,
The throne of grace I dare address,
For Jesus is my righteousness.
5 Though faint my prayers, and cold my love,
My steadfast hope shall not remove,
While Jesus intercedes above,
6 Against me earth and hell combine;
But on my side is power divine;
Jesus is all, and he is mine.
334 Here have we no continuing city, but we seek [L.M. one to come.-Heb. xiii. 14.
1 WE'VE no abiding city here:
This may distress the worldling's mind;
But should not cost the saint a tear,
Who hopes a better rest to find.
2 We've no abiding city here;
Sad truth, were this to be our home;
But let the thought our spirits cheer,
We seek a city yet to come.
3 We've no abiding city here;
We seek a city out of sight;
Zion its name: the Lord is there:
It shines with everlasting light.
4 Zion, Jehovah is her strength;
Secure, she smiles at all her foes;
And weary travellers at length
Within her sacred walls repose.
5 O sweet abode of peace and love,
Where pilgrims freed from toil are bless'd,
Had I the pinions of a dove,
I'd fly to thee and be at rest.
6 But hush, my soul, nor dare repine;
The time my God appoints is best:
While here, to do his will be mine;
And his, to fix my time of rest.
335 Othat I had wings like a dove, for then would [104TH M. I fly away, and be at rest. Ps. lv. 6.
10 HAD I, my Saviour, the wings of a dove,
How soon would I soar to thy presence above;
How soon would I flee where the weary have rest,
And hide all my cares in thy sheltering breast
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