The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms.
Deuteronomy 33:27
Words: William T. C. Hanna, 1889.
Music: Berkeley John R. Sweney, 1889 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Hanna (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Serenely dwell the heirs of grace
In every age and clime and place,
Supported by the firm embrace
Of everlasting arms.
Though they are pilgrims far from home,
Who seek a city yet to come,
They camp each night, where’er they roam,
In everlasting arms.
When threatening foes make loud pretense
Of numbers vast and strength immense,
They ever find a sure defense
In everlasting arms.
They dread no judgment day of ire,
Undying worm, and quenchless fire;
But find the shelter they require
In everlasting arms.
And when they reach the Jordan’s brink,
Back from its wave they need not shrink;
They perish not, but only sink
In everlasting arms.
In Heav’n they walk at liberty,
From Satan, sin, and death set free;
Abiding through eternity
In everlasting arms.