HYMN IX.

“_That I may know Him_, _and the power of His resurrection_.” PHILIP

iii., 10.

“O! am dreiddio i’r adnabyddiaeth”

O! for deeper meditation

On my Living, Loving Lord,

As I read the revelation

Of His Everlasting Word!

Endless death had been the sinner’s

Recompense and righteous doom,

But for My Divine Redeemer’s

Resurrection from the tomb.

God is terrible in power,

Though He be a God of love,

And no wonder sinners cower

At the thought of Him above.

Yet when with humiliation

We bow down before His Face,

He reveals His great Salvation

And the riches of His Grace.

To be under His protection

Is my soul’s security,

While to share in His Refection

Is both meat and drink to me.

By His Own Right Hand directed

I am safe where ere I go,—

By His panoply protected

I need never fear a foe.

God, My Father, is My Tower,

And what more can I desire

In temptation’s trying hour,—

In the flood, and in the fire?

By His Providence protected

I am safe in time of need:

But, if by My God rejected,

I am destitute indeed.

The Hymns of Ann Griffiths, of Dolwar Fechan, Translated into English Verse · 第 13 / 39 题