1 On God, on God my soul relies;
from Him shall my salvation rise;
He is my Rock, my strong defense;
what pow'r shall ever hurl me thence!
2 My foes may rage, my foes may hate:
on God, thy God, my spirit, wait!
He is thy Rock, thy sure Defense;
believe, and none shall hurl thee thence!
3 Let all that live on God depend,
and find Him an Almighty Friend;
pour out their hearts before His throne,
and rest for all on Him alone.
4 How poor are all in heav'n and earth,
when matched with Him who gave them birth!
Friends, yea, and foes alike must own,
that might and love are God's alone.
Source: Psalms and Hymns to the Living God #62
Lyte, Henry Francis, M.A., son of Captain Thomas Lyte, was born at Ednam, near Kelso, June 1, 1793, and educated at Portora (the Royal School of Enniskillen), and at Trinity College, Dublin, of which he was a Scholar, and where he graduated in 1814. During his University course he distinguished himself by gaining the English prize poem on three occasions. At one time he had intended studying Medicine; but this he abandoned for Theology, and took Holy Orders in 1815, his first curacy being in the neighbourhood of Wexford. In 1817, he removed to Marazion, in Cornwall. There, in 1818, he underwent a great spiritual change, which shaped and influenced the whole of his after life, the immediate cause being the illness and death of a brother cler… Go to person page >
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