God the Christian's Strength.
My flesh and my heart faileth, but "God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.—Psalms, lxxiii, 26. Yes, though disease may waste the frame
And bear our strength away,
And sorrows crowding on the heart
Make dark the weary day,
Yet Thou, our God, art ever nigh,—
Thou art our portion still,—
Thy breath revives the fainting soul
That trusts Thy holy will. Though friends may all forsake us when
Misfortunes round us press,
We look to Thee in confidence
To shield us from distress;
To Thee in constant trust we turn,
Though all else prove untrue,
The precious promises thou'st given
Thy loving kindness show. Though flesh is weak, though heart should fail,
Yet Thou art ever near,
Our strength, our portion, and our aid,
In darkest hour to cheer.
O, soothing thought through all the ills
That here on us may crowd,
The Christian soul, in trusting love,
May stay itself in God.