The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#697

697. God of my life, to thee I call

1 God of my life, to thee I call,
Afflicted at thy feet I fall;
When the great water-floods prevail,
Leave not my trembling heart to fail.

2 Friend of the friendless and the faint,
Where shall I lodge my deep complaint?
Where but with thee, whose open door
Invites the helpless and the poor?

3 Did ever mourner plead with thee,
And thou refuse that mourner's plea?
Does not the word still fixed remain,
That none shall seek thy face in vain?

4 Poor though I am, despised, forgot,
Yet God, my God, forgets me not;
And he is safe and must succeed
For whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead.

Text Information

• First Line: God of my life, to thee I call
• Author: William Cowper
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Christian: Comfort and Encouragement
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: MELITA
• Composer: Isaac B. Woodbury
• Meter: L. M.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #624, 51, or 875.