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When night descends in sable guise.
And spreads her gloom around,
To close the weary traveler's eyes.
And rest him on the ground;
Amidst the dreary desert wide.
The wand'rer faints to hear
The wide alarm on ev'ry side.
Which speaks some danger near;
So, in this wilderness of life,
Whene'er afflictions come,
We sink, as in a night of grief.
Far from our shelt'ring home.
The tempter's, like a lion's roar,
Sounds thro' the vale abroad;
Then let us watch, and evermore
Depend upon our God.
From ev'ry other help afar,
And left without a friend,
God is a helper ever near.
And faithful to the end.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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Bible Refs:
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1 Pe 5:8;
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MUSIC
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Name:
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HOWARD
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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Dates:
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1825
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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| # 25 | Ab | | # 172 | G |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) |
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