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BOOK I. When he Goliath fought, And laid the Gittite low ? No sword nor spear the stripling took, But chose a peeble from the brook.

2 Twas Israel s God and King Who sent him to the fight, Who gave him strength to sling, And skill to aim aright. Ye feeble saints, your strength endures, Because young David s God is yours.

3 Who order d Gideon forth To storm th invader s camp, With arms of little worth A pitcher and a lamp ? The trumpets made his coming known, And all the host was overthrown.

4 Oh ! I have seen the day When, with a single word, God helping me to say, My trust is in the Lord, My soul has quell d a thousand foes, Fearless of all that could oppose.

5 But unbelief, self-will, Self-righteousness, and pride, How often do they steal ^ My weapon from my side ! Yet David s Lord and Gideon s friend Will help his servant to the end.

1 WHEN Israel heard the fiery law From Sinai s top proclaim d, Their hearts seem d full of holy awe, Their stubborn spirits tamed :

2 Yet, as forgetting all they knew, Ere forty days were past, Rh