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Text:Pleading with God under Affliction
Author:Dr. S. Stennett

CCCXII. Pleading with God under Affliction

1 Why should a living man complain
Of deep distress within,
Since every sigh, and every pain,
Is but the fruit of sin?

2 No, Lord, I'll patiently submit,
Nor ever dare rebel;
Yet sure I may, here at thy feet,
My painful feelings tell.

3 Thou seest what floods of sorrow rise,
And beat upon my soul;
One trouble to another cries,
Billows, on billows roll.

4 From fear to hope, and hope to fear,
My shipwreck'd soul is tost;
'Till I am tempted in despair,
To give up all for lost.

5 Yet thro' the stormy clouds I'll look,
Once more to thee, my God:
O fix my feet upon a rock,
Beyond the gaping flood.

6 One look of mercy from thy face,
Would set my heart at ease;
One all-commanding word of grace
Will make the tempest cease.

Text Information
First Line: Why should a living man complain
Title: Pleading with God under Affliction
Author: Dr. S. Stennett
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1792
Topic: The Christian; Pleading with God under affliction; Christian: Pleading with God under affliction (1 more...)
Notes: Public Domain.
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