He sent out His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.
Psalm 107:20
Words: James Montgomery, Sacred Poems and Hymns (New York: D. Appleton, 1854), number 292. Thanksgiving for the removal of the cholera from Sheffield, 1832.
Music: Darwall’s 148th John Darwall, in The New Universal Psalmodist, by Aaron Williams, 1770 (🔊 pdf nwc).
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If you know where to get a good picture of Darwall (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Sing Hallelujah; sing
Glory to God alone!
Bring your oblations, bring
Thank offerings to the throne;
Take words of joy, of comfort take,
Awake to love, to life awake.
The Lord put forth His hand,
He touched us and we died;
Vengeance went through the land,
But mercy walked beside;
He heard our prayers; He saw our tears,
And stayed the plague, and quelled our fears.
What shall we give to Thee?
O Thou, whose purer eyes
Behold iniquity
In man’s best sacrifice?
Ourselves we give, but rest our claim
On Christ, and know no other name.
For Jesus’ sake forgive
Thy people, Lord, and spare,
To Him and Thee to live,
For Thine and His we are;
Thy quickening Spirit gave us breath,
Thy Son, by death, has conquered death.