Cast Down, Yet Hoping in God

O my soul, what means this sadness

Author: John Fawcett
Published in 187 hymnals

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1 O my soul, what means this sadness?
Wherefore art thou thus cast down?
Let thy griefs be turned to gladness,
Bid thy restless fears be gone;
Look to Jesus,
Look to Jesus,
And rejoice in His dear Name.

2 What though Satan's strong temptations
Vex and grieve thee day by day?
And thy sinful inclinations
Often fill thee with dismay?
Thou shalt conquer,
Thou shalt conquer,
Through the Lamb's redeeming blood.

3 Though ten thousand ills beset thee,
From without and from within,
Jesus saith He'll ne'er forget thee,
But will save from hell and sin:
He is faithful,
He is faithful,
To perform His gracious Word.

4 Though distresses now attend thee,
And Thou tread'st the thorny road,
His right hand shall still defend thee;
Soon He'll bring thee home to God!
Therefore praise Him,
Therefore praise Him,
Praise thy great Redeemer's Name.

Source: Evangelical Lutheran hymnal: with music #423

Author: John Fawcett

An orphan at the age of twelve, John Fawcett (b. Lidget Green, Yorkshire, England, 1740; d. Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire, 1817) became apprenticed to a tailor and was largely self-educated. He was converted by the preaching of George Whitefield at the age of sixteen and began preaching soon thereafter. In 1765 Fawcett was called to a small, poor, Baptist country church in Wainsgate, Yorkshire. Seven years later he received a call from the large and influential Carter's Lane Church in London, England. Fawcett accepted the call and preached his farewell sermon. The day of departure came, and his family's belongings were loaded on carts, but the distraught congregation begged him to stay. In Singers and Songs of the Church (1869), Josiah Miller te… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O my soul, what means this sadness
Title: Cast Down, Yet Hoping in God
Author: John Fawcett
Meter: 8.7.8.7.4.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Seamen's Hymns #353

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Select Hymns, The Third Part of Christian Psalmody. 3rd ed. #aa60

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Select Hymns #240

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Social Hymn and Tune Book #d296

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Social Hymn Book #259

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Social Psalmist #353

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Songs for Social and Public Worship #942

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Songs for the Lord's House #422

Songs for the New Life #d483

Songs in the Night; or Hymns for the Sick and Suffering. 2nd ed. #d124

Songs of Zion #d130

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Spiritual Songs for Social Worship #30

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Spiritual Songs for Social Worship #30

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Spiritual Songs for Social Worship #30

Supplement to Watts #d313

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Temple Melodies #371

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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #216

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #1441

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The Baptist Hymn Book #774

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The Baptist Hymn Book #355

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The Baptist Praise Book #1025

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The Baptist Psalmody #718

The Book of Praise #d575

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The Book of Worship #324

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #509

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The Christian Hymn Book #890

The Christian Hymnal #d499

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The Christian Hymnal #655

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The Christian hymnal #537

The Christian Lyre #d294

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #330

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The Church Praise Book #367

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #511

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The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems #CDLXXVI

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The Congregational Hymn Book #717

The Evangelical Hymn and Tune Book #d537

The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d229

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The Jubilee Harp #607

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The Key-Stone Collection of Church Music #180a

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The Liturgy and Hymns of the American Province of the Unitas Fratrum #490

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The Lyrica #504

The Millennial Harp #d297

The Millennial Harp #d155

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The Minstrel of Zion #164

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The Mozart Collection of Sacred Music #205

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The New Baptist Psalmist and Tune Book #418

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The New Congregational Hymn and Tune Book, for Public, Social and Private Worship #592

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The New England Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #78

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The New Harmonia Sacra #179

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The Palm #209a

The Pathway of Praise No. 1 #d94

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The People's Hymn Book #169

The Providence Selection of Hymns, Supplementary to Dr. Watts. #d184

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The Psalmist #753

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The Psalmist #753

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The Psalmody #600

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #1036

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D60

The Republican Hymn Book #282

The Sacred Lute #d230

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The Social and Sabbath School Hymn-Book. (5th ed.) #106

The Soldier's Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #d171

The Southern Psalmist #d614

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d643

The Sunday School Hymnal #d148

The Vestry Hymn and Tune Book #d353

The Vestry Hymn Book #d335

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The Vestry Singing Book #175

The Victory #d277

Union Prayer Meeting Hymns #d166

Union Prayer Meeting Hymns #d166

Universalist Hymn Book #d379

Village Hymns #200

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #200

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #200

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Village Hymns for Social Worship, Selected and Original #200

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