Triumph Through Christ
By Joseph Griffith
PREPARE me, Lord, my foes to meet,
I tarry at thy mercy-seat;
Thy presence there I wait.
I wait, and seek with earnest prayer
A rescue from temptation’s snare,
Before it is too late. When in temptation’s trying hour,
Wilt thou not give thy servant power
To triumph in thy name?
Yea, Lord, I verily believe
My soul shall ever help receive,
Since thou endurest the same. Then let me always trust in thee;
When tempted, O, deliver me!
When want and hunger press,
And pomp’s ambition haunts me sore,
O may I trust in thee the more,
And love vain world the less! The gift of help, dear Lord, I need;
I therefore come, and anxious plead;
Withhold it not from me.
I know ’tis mine, since thou hast died
In triumph on the cross, and cried,
“’Tis finished;” all for thee.