KenH
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A hymn written by Joseph Irons in Zion's Hymns. (in common meter)
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
"Good Hope"
1. My soul, hast thou a gospel hope
Of everlasting joy?
Thou canst not sink with such a prop,
Though foes, and fiends annoy.
2. Hope is the offspring of a King,
Akin to faith and love;
It stoops, and on its heavenly wing,
Wafts trembling souls above.
3. Christ is its strength, its object heav'n,
Its fruit is holiness:
By sov'reign grace alone, 'tis given
To sinners in distress.
4. With such a hope, from such a source,
And founded on a rock,
Thro' this vain world, I'll speed my course,
Nor dread the heaviest shock.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.
"Good Hope"
1. My soul, hast thou a gospel hope
Of everlasting joy?
Thou canst not sink with such a prop,
Though foes, and fiends annoy.
2. Hope is the offspring of a King,
Akin to faith and love;
It stoops, and on its heavenly wing,
Wafts trembling souls above.
3. Christ is its strength, its object heav'n,
Its fruit is holiness:
By sov'reign grace alone, 'tis given
To sinners in distress.
4. With such a hope, from such a source,
And founded on a rock,
Thro' this vain world, I'll speed my course,
Nor dread the heaviest shock.