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BOOK III. Shall echo through the realms above When time shall be no more.

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 flee or yield, Since Jesus is my mighty shield?

3 When creature-comforts fade and die, Worldlings may weep, but why should I, Jesus still lives, and still is nigh?

4 Though all the flocks and herds were dead, My soul a famine need not dread, For Jesus is my living bread.

5 I know not what may soon betide, Or how my wants shall be supplied ; But Jesus knows, and will provide.

6 Though sin would fill me with distress, The throne of grace I dare address, For Jesus is my righteousness.

7 Though faint my pray rs, and cold my love, My steadfast hope shall not remove While Jesus intercedes above.

8 Against me earth and hell combine, But on my side is power divine ; Jesus is all, and he is mine.

1 To tell the Saviour all my wants, How pleasing is the task! Nor less to praise him when he grants Beyond what I can ask. Rh