Incarnate God! the soul that knows

The words

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   Stanza 1. Incarnate God! the soul that knowsThy name’s mysterious powerShall dwell in undisturbed repose,Nor fear the trying hour.

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   Stanza 2. Thy wisdom, faithfulness and love,To feeble helpless worms;A buckler and a refuge prove,From enemies and storms.

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   Stanza 3. In vain the fowler spreads his net,To draw them from thy care;Thy timely call instructs their feet,To shun the artful snare.

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   Stanza 4. When like a baneful pestilence,Sin mows its thousands downOn every side, without defence,Thy grace secures thine own.

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   Stanza 5. No midnight terrors haunt their bed,No arrow wounds by day;Unhurt on serpents they shall tread,If found in duty’s way.

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   Stanza 6. Angels, unseen, attend the saints,And bear them in their arms;To cheer the spirit when it faints,And guard the life from harms.

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   Stanza 7. The angels’ Lord, himself is nigh,To them that love his name;Ready to save them when they cry,And put their foes to shame.

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   Stanza 8. Crosses and changes are their lot,Long as they sojourn here;But since their Savior changes not,What have the saints to fear?

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 47. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-47