The Lord Is My Refuge

Why is my heart with grief oppressed

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 16 hymnals

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1 Why is my heart with grief oppress?
Can all the pains I feel or fear
Make thee, my soul, forget thy rest,
Forget that God, thy God is near?

2 Mortality's unnumber'd ills
Are all beneath his sov'reign hand;
Each pain, which this frail body feels,
Attends, obedient, his command.

3 Lord, form my temper to thy will!
If thou my faith and patience prove,
May ev'ry painful stroke fulfil
The purposes of faithful love!

4 O may this weak, this fainting mind
A Father's hand adoring see;
Confess thee just, and wise, and kind,
And trust thy word, and cleave to thee!

Source: A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches; to which are added prayers for families and individuals #322

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Why is my heart with grief oppressed
Title: The Lord Is My Refuge
Author: Anne Steele
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy for the Use of Evangelical Lutheran Churches #322

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A Collection of Hymns and a Liturgy #322

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A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy #322

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #772

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A Collection of Psalms and Hymns #418

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #418

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A Selection of Sacred Poetry #418

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d822

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #772

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Miscellaneous Pieces in Verse and Prose #70

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New Hymn and Tune book #167d

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New Hymn and Tune Book #167d

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d904

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The Heart and Voice #57c

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