1 The Lord Jehovah is
Our Father and our Friend;
Immortal majesty is his,
Nor can his glory end.
2 He guards his children well,
Nor shall they starve for want;
When they their needs unto him tell,
He’ll answer their complaint.
3 He bids his saints draw nigh,
Nor fear to call him theirs;
And, though he reigns enthroned on high,
He calls them sons and heirs.
4 His sympathising heart
Feels for them in distress;
And love divine he will impart,
With strength and righteousness.
5 [Though they in darkness walk,
He is their Father still;
And when insulting Ishmaels mock
He will his grace reveal.]
6 [His children he supplies
With food and raiment too;
He with his wisdom makes them wise,
And will their strength renew.]
7 Should men and devils try
To make the saints a prey;
The Lord, their Father, still is nigh,
To guard them in his way.
8 Through all the scenes of time,
He’ll make his goodness known;
His sons, in every age and clime,
His sovereign grace shall own.
Source: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #624
Gadsby, William , was born in 1773 at Attleborough, in Warwickshire. In 1793 he joined the Baptist church at Coventry, and in 1798 began to preach. In 1800 a chapel was built for him at Desford, in Leicestershire, and two years later another in the town of Hinckley. In 1805 he removed to Manchester, becoming minister of a chapel in Rochdale Boad, where he continued until his death, in January, 1844. Gadsby was for many years exceedingly popular as a preacher of the High Calvinist faith, and visited in that capacity most parts of England. He published The Nazarene's Songs, being a composition of Original Hymns, Manchester, 1814; and Hymns on the Death of the Princess Charlotte, Manchester, 1817. In 1814 he also published A Selection of Hymn… Go to person page >
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