The phrase "staff" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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...Calmed our fears, dried our tears,
Made our staff of hope Thy Word.
While oppressed with pain we lay,...
Calmed our fears, dried our tears,
Made our staff of hope Thy Word.
While oppressed with pain we lay,
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Take thy staff, O pilgrim!
Haste thee on thy way;...
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Take thy staff, O pilgrim!
Haste thee on thy way;
...Can I doubt Thy power to save?
Thou who art my staff and comfort,
While this fleeting life shall last,...
Can I doubt Thy power to save?
Thou who art my staff and comfort,
While this fleeting life shall last,
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My faith, it is an oaken staff,
The traveler’s well-loved aid;...
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My faith, it is an oaken staff,
The traveler’s well-loved aid;
...By the shades of death o’erspread,
With Thy rod and staff supplied,
This my guard, and that my guide....
By the shades of death o’erspread,
With Thy rod and staff supplied,
This my guard, and that my guide.
...Though wolves and lions prowl around,
His staff is your defense;
’Midst sands and rocks, your shepherd’s voice,...
Though wolves and lions prowl around,
His staff is your defense;
’Midst sands and rocks, your shepherd’s voice,
...Of righteousness for His name’s sake.
Your rod and staff comfort me.
Though I walk through death’s valley...
Of righteousness for His name’s sake.
Your rod and staff comfort me.
Though I walk through death’s valley
...No one to receive Him, no welcome while here,
No balm to relieve Him, no staff but a spear;
No seeking His treasure, no weeping for sin,...
No one to receive Him, no welcome while here,
No balm to relieve Him, no staff but a spear;
No seeking His treasure, no weeping for sin,
...When the way seems lost,
And the staff is broken,
Brother, work, watch, pray;...
When the way seems lost,
And the staff is broken,
Brother, work, watch, pray;
...I will not fear the evil one,
For You are with me, and Your rod and staff
Are the comfort I need to know....
I will not fear the evil one,
For You are with me, and Your rod and staff
Are the comfort I need to know.
...I will not fear the evil one,
For You are with me, and Your rod and staff
Are the comfort I need to know....
I will not fear the evil one,
For You are with me, and Your rod and staff
Are the comfort I need to know.
...Pressed into knowing none to help but God,
Pressed into loving both the staff and rod.
Pressed into liberty where nothing clings,...
Pressed into knowing none to help but God,
Pressed into loving both the staff and rod.
Pressed into liberty where nothing clings,
...Help and solace render,
Be my staff and stay.
Purge me, O my Savior,...
Help and solace render,
Be my staff and stay.
Purge me, O my Savior,
...Hope for the sinner whose life has been squandered,
Staff for the agèd, and best book of all.
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Hope for the sinner whose life has been squandered,
Staff for the agèd, and best book of all.
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...But who on earth do greet Him?
A shepherd band with staff in hand
Sets forth by night to meet Him....
But who on earth do greet Him?
A shepherd band with staff in hand
Sets forth by night to meet Him.
...When thro’ the Jordan I must take my way,
His staff will comfort me and be my stay;
Over the river there is endless day,...
When thro’ the Jordan I must take my way,
His staff will comfort me and be my stay;
Over the river there is endless day,
...For Thou art with me, and Thy rod
And staff me comfort still.
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For Thou art with me, and Thy rod
And staff me comfort still.
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...From fear and danger free;
For there His aiding rod and staff
Defend and comfort me....
From fear and danger free;
For there His aiding rod and staff
Defend and comfort me.
...For Thou art with me, and Thy rod
And staff me comfort still.
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For Thou art with me, and Thy rod
And staff me comfort still.
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...Or valley dark I fear;
The Shepherd’s rod and staff I see,
And feel protection near....
Or valley dark I fear;
The Shepherd’s rod and staff I see,
And feel protection near.
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