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Sure the blest Comforter is nigh,
'Tis he sustains my fainting heart;
Else would my hope for ever die,
And every cheering ray depart.
When some kind promise glads my soul,
Do I not find his healing voice
The tempest of my fears control,
And bid my drooping powers rejoice?
Whene'er to call the Saviour mine,
With ardent wish my heart aspires;
Can it be less than power divine,
Which animates these strong desires.
What less than thine Almighty word
Can raise my heart from earth and dust.
And bid me cleave to thee, my Lord,
My life, my treasure, and my trust?
And when my cheerful hope can say,
I love my God, and taste his grace, .
Lord, is it not thy blissful ray.
Which brings this dawn of sacred peace?
Let thy kind Spirit in my heart
For ever dwell, O God of love,
And light and heavenly peace impart.
Sweet earnest of the joys above.
Sure the blest Comforter is nigh,
'Tis he sustains my fainting heart;
Else would my hope for ever die,
And every cheering ray depart.
When some kind promise glads my soul,
Do I not find his healing voice
The tempest of my fears control,
And bid my drooping powers rejoice?
Whene'er to call the Saviour mine,
With ardent wish my heart aspires;
Can it be less than power divine,
Which animates these strong desires.
What less than thine Almighty word
Can raise my heart from earth and dust.
And bid me cleave to thee, my Lord,
My life, my treasure, and my trust?
And when my cheerful hope can say,
I love my God, and taste his grace, .
Lord, is it not thy blissful ray.
Which brings this dawn of sacred peace?
Let thy kind Spirit in my heart
For ever dwell, O God of love,
And light and heavenly peace impart.
Sweet earnest of the joys above.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Bible Refs:
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Jn 14:16-17;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1866 | # 459 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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ERNAN
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Dates:
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1850
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 489 | Bb | | # 118 | Bb | | # 169 | Bb | | # 189 | Bb | | # 424.2 | No key | | # 568 | Bb | | # 114 | Bb | | # 135 | Bb | | # 184 | Bb |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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meter
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) |
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