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621- Gracious Father, Guard Thy Children

Christian Life: Pilgrimage

1

  • Gracious Father, guard Thy children
  • From the foe's destructive power;
  • Save, O save them, Lord, from falling
  • In this dark and trying hour.
  • Thou wilt surely prove Thy people,
  • All our graces must be tried;
  • But Thy word illumes our pathway,
  • And in God we still confide.

2

  • We are in the time of waiting;
  • Soon we shall behold our Lord,
  • Wafted far away from sorrow,
  • To receive our rich reward.
  • Keep us, Lord, till Thine appearing,
  • Pure, unspotted from the world;
  • Let Thy Holy Spirit cheer us
  • Till Thy banner is unfurled.

3

  • With what joyful exultation
  • Shall the saints Thy banner see,
  • When the Lord for whom we've waited
  • Shall proclaim the jubilee!
  • Freedom from this world's pollutions;
  • Freedom from all sin and pain;
  • Freedom from the wiles of Satan,
  • And from death's destructive reign.