Church Book ‎#486

486. Thou very present Aid

1 Thou very present Aid
In suffering and distress;
The soul which still on Thee is stayed
Is kept in perfect peace.

2 The soul by faith reclined
On his Redeemer's breast,
Midst raging storms exults to find
An everlasting rest.

3 Sorrow and fear are gone,
Whene'er Thy face appears;
It still the sighing orphan's moan,
And dries the widow's tears.

4 It hallows every cross;
It sweetly comforts me;
Makes me forget my every loss,
And find my all in Thee.

5 Peace to the troubled heart,
Health to the sin-sick mind;
The wounded spirit's Balm Thou art,
The Healer of mankind.

6 Jesus, to whom I fly,
Doth all my wishes fill;
In vain created streams are dry,
In have the Fountain still.

7 Stript of my earthly friends,
I fend them all in One;
And peace, and joy that never ends,
And heaven, in Christ alone.

Text Information

• First Line: Thou very present Aid
• Author: C. Wesley (1749, a.)
• Meter: S. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Cross and Comfort; The Cross and Comfort: In Outward Suffering; Epiphany, Third Sunday; Easter Season, Thrid Sunday; Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty First Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Alternate tune: #84 or #442

Tune Information

• Name: HANDEL
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: G Major
• Notes: Composer from index: G. F. Handel, d. 1759