It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not.
Lamentations 3:22
Words: Charles Wesley, Hymns Occasioned by the Earthquake, March 8, 1750, Part 2 (London: Strahan, 1750), number 8.
Music: Kent Samuel Stanley, in Twenty-Four Tunes in Four Parts, circa 1800 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Alternate Tune:
If you know where to get a good picture of Stanley (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Rise every soul in Jesus’ name,
Who after Him aspires;
The wonders of His love proclaim,
And praise Him in the fires.
Amidst impending plagues and woes,
Extol His saving power:
Earth hath not yawned on us to close,
Or opened to devour.
Howe’er the wisdom of our God
With us tomorrow deal,
We were not yesterday destroyed,
We now are out of hell.
Wherefore our lives shall show His praise,
Long as our lives are giv’n,
Or snatched from earth obtain a place
Immoveable in Heav’n.