Where is Your Trust?

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What are you trusting in, brother

Author: F. G. Burroughs
Tune: [What are you trusting in, brother]
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1 What are you trusting in, brother?
Where anchors the hope of your soul?
There's many a storm to encounter,
And fearful the breakers will roll!
I trust in the strong Rock of Ages,
And anchor within that blest goal;
No tempest can shake or o'erwhelm me,
While there is the rest of my soul.
Trust in the Rock of Ages,
Trust in the Rock of Ages;
If you only believe,
And His pardon receive,
You are safe forevermore.

2 What are you boasting of, brother
In what do you glory today?
For you there is much tribulation,
And narrow and straight is the way!
I boast of the Lord, who redeem'd me,
And glory in Calvary's cross;
I fear not the world's persecutions,
I count all its treasures as dross.
Boast of the Lord, my brother,
Boast of the Lord, my brother,
Earthly pleasures will end
But, with Jesus your friend,
You are safe forevermore.

3 What do you joy in my brother,
And why is your heart of good cheer?
When darkness and clouds oft surround you,
And rumors of wars you can hear?
I joy in the Lord, my Salvation,
And He is my strength and my song!
I fear not the valley of shadows,
My Shepherd is faithful and strong.
Joy in the Lord, my brother,
Joy in the Lord, my brother,
Tho' the tempest may beat,
In this blessed retreat,
You are safe forevermore.

Source: Triumphant Songs No.4 #80

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Author: F. G. Burroughs

F. G. Burroughs was born in 1856 (nee Ophelia G. Browning) was the daughter of William Garretson Browning, a Methodist Episcopal minister, and Susan Rebecca Webb Browning. She married Thomas E. Burroughs in 1884. He died in 1904. She married Arthur Prince Adams, in 1905. He was a minister. Her poem, "Unanswered yet" which was written in 1879, was published in the The Christian Standard in 1880 with the name F. G. Browning. She also wrote under the name of Ophelia G. Adams and Mrs. T. E. Burroughs. Dianne Shapiro from The Literary Digest, July 29, 1899., The Register, Pine Plains, NY, October 24, 1884, Alumni Record of Wesleyan University, Middleton, Conn. 1921 Go to person page >

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First Line:	What are you trusting in, brother
Title:	Where is Your Trust?
Author:	F. G. Burroughs
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Trust in the Rock of Ages
Copyright:	Public Domain