Scripture Verse

If God be for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31

Introduction

Words: Ano­ny­mous. Re­cast by John Lo­gan in Scot­tish Pa­ra­phras­es, 1781.

Music: St. Mag­nus at­trib­ut­ed to Je­re­mi­ah Clarke in The Di­vine Com­pan­ion, se­cond edi­tion, by Hen­ry Play­ford (Lon­don, 1707). Har­mo­ny by Will­iam H. Monk, 1868 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William H. Monk (1823–1889)

Lyrics

Let Chris­tian faith and hope dis­pel
The fears of guilt and woe;
The Lord Al­migh­ty is our friend,
And who can prove a foe?

The Sav­ior died, but rose again
Triumphant from the grave:
And pleads our cause at God’s right hand,
Omnipotent to save.

Who then can e’er di­vide us more
From Je­sus and His love,
Or break the sac­red chain that binds
The earth to Heav’n above?

Let trou­bles rise, and ter­rors frown,
And days of dark­ness fall;
Through Him all dan­gers we’ll de­fy,
And more than con­quer all.

Nor death, nor life, nor earth, nor hell,
Nor time’s de­stroy­ing sway
Can e’er ef­face us from His heart
Or make His love de­cay.

Each fu­ture pe­ri­od that will bless
As it has blessed the past;
He loved us from the first of time,
He loves us to the last.