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GOD'S KEEPING

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 9, 1888

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 14, No. 10.

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GOD'S KEEPING.

LORD, I cannot keep my soul! I despair of self-control; I have tried and tried again, Wept, and prayed, and toiled in vain; Now I give it up to thee, Thou must fight this fight for me!
Not for dying grace I plead, It is living grace I need! Grace to set my spirit free From sin's galling slavery: Lord, it needs a power divine; Thou must keep this soul of mine!
From the depths I cannot see Subtle forms of sin in me, Which, unconsciously, create Character, and fix my state; Lord, to thee alone I fly, Thou must "search" and "sanctify"!
Thou art able, thou alone, Who didst for my soul atone; Kept by thee, I safely stand, None can pluck me from thy hand; If thy mighty power I claim, Who shall then my soul condemn? —The (London) Christian.