A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) ‎#330

330. In Affliction

Thou that art strong to comfort, look on me!
I sit in darkness and behold no light;
Over my soul the waves of agony
Have gone, and left me in a rayless night.

A bruised and broken reed sustain! sustain!
Divinest Comforter, to Thee I fly,
To whom no soul hath ever fled in vain;
Support me with thy love, or else I die.

Father, what’er I had, it all was thine;
A God of mercy Thou hast ever been;
O, help me what I most loved to resign,
And if I murmur, count it not for sin.

My soul is strengthened now, and it shall bear
All that remains, whatever it may be;
And from the very depths of my despair
I will look up, O God, and trust in Thee!

Text Information

• First Line: Thou that art strong to comfort, look on me!
• Title: In Affliction
• Author: Mrs. Howitt
• Meter: 10s. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1866

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