Trusting in God

My dependence is on God

Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
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1. My dependence is on God,
He is now my only hope;
Should I feel the chastening rod.
He will bear my spirits up:
Trust in him then all ye saints,
He will hear your sad complaints.

2. With the powers of earth and hell,
If I'm summoned to engage,
He their efforts will repel,
Bring to nought their impious rage.
Trust in him then all ye saints,
He'll sustain when nature faints.

3. He my numerous wants supplies,
Kindly heals my painful wounds,
Listens to my plaintive cries,
And my foes with ease confounds:
Trust in him then all ye saints,
He will watch around your tents.

4. He restores my wandering feet,
Leads in paths of righteousness;
Soon will he my joys complete,
And my numerous ills redress;
Trust in him then all ye saints,
Cease in future your complaints.

5. Through death's valley when I pass,
I will never yield to fear;
He'll reveal his heavenly grace,
And will gently lead me there:
Trust in him then all ye saints,
He will help when nature faints.

Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: My dependence is on God
Title: Trusting in God
Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
Source: Appeared posthumously in Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton and Briggs,1818)
Copyright: Public domain
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