"Refuge"

A hymn written by Joseph Irons in Zion's Hymns. (in short meter, example: "This is My Father's World")

For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. - Isaiah 25:4

"Refuge"

1. Ye trembling souls, who bow
Beneath a load of sin,
A Refuge wide, stands open now,
Come freely enter in.

2. Deprav'd and vile indeed,
Justly deserving hell;
But Christ your Refuge deign'd to bleed,
That you in Him might dwell.

3. The grace by which you know,
Your danger, guilt and shame,
Bids you to this dear Refuge go,
And trust in Jesus' name.

4. See! Justice ready stands,
To aim the dreadful blow;
But Christ, your Refuge, spreads His hands,
To shield your souls from woe.

5. This Refuge is secure,
And its foundation strong;
Time's fiercest storms it will endure,
And save the shelter'd throng.

6. All who take Refuge there,
Are safe from every ill,
In cov'nant mercy largely share,
And find protection still.