Peace, Doubting Heart!

Peace

doubt­ing heart! my God’s I am;

Who formed me man

for­bids my fear;

The Lord hath called me by my name;

The Lord pro­tects

for ev­er near;

His blood for me did once atone

And still He loves and guards His own.

When pass­ing through the wa­tery deep

I ask in faith His pro­mised aid

The waves all aw­ful dist­ance keep

And shrink from my de­vot­ed head;

Fearless their vio­lence I dare;

They can­not harm

for God is there!

To Him mine eye of faith I turn

And through the fire pur­sue my way;

The fire for­gets its pow­er to burn

The lam­bent flames around me play;

I own His pow­er

acc­ept the sign

And shout to prove the Sav­ior mine.

Still nigh me

O my Sav­ior

stand!

And guard in fierce temp­ta­tion’s hour;

Hide in the hol­low of Thy hand

Show forth in me Thy sav­ing pow­er

Still be Thy arms my sure de­fense

Nor earth nor hell shall pluck me thence.

Since Thou hast bid me come to Thee

Good as Thou art

and strong to save

I’ll walk o’er life’s tem­pes­tu­ous sea

Upborne by the un­yield­ing wave

Dauntless

though rocks of pride be near

And yawn­ing whirl­pools of des­pair.

When dark­ness in­ter­cepts the skies

And sor­row’s waves around me roll

When high the storms of pass­ion rise

And half o’er­whelm my sink­ing soul

My soul a sud­den calm shall feel

And hear a whis­per

Peace; be still!

Though in af­flict­ion’s fur­nace tried

Unhurt on snares and death I’ll tread;

Though sin as­sail

and hell

thrown wide

Pour all its flames up­on my head

Like Mo­ses’ bush

I’ll mount the high­er

And flour­ish un­con­sumed in fire.