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Hymn 220
The writer of verse 4 has been basking in the pure light of God’s love, he has had a few moments of blissful assurance while writing the preceding verses & feels he could trust even though God should slay & such a verse as Zephaniah 3:17 must have been on his mind: “The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love (or the marginal reading is He will be silent in His love), he will joy over thee with singing.” And looking over the vineyards he feels if God should take away all earthly comforts yet he would abide ____ ____ & if the field should not wither nor flocks nor herds be there, which would mean famine or death to hundreds, still at that moment he felt his God was such a Guide & friend, that no matter what happened “All must be well”. Every soul rises at times to a state of perfect happiness when reviewing the exceeding greatness of God’s power to us-ward who believe (Eph 1:19). (No wonder his voice would be ____ to sing this praise & he would trust confidingly & could not but rejoice & pour forth his gratitude to his Heavenly Father- How much brighter our lives would be if we could but keep our thoughts on our Saviours love & power).
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I am trying to determine what Hymn 220 is, has anyone got any thoughts?
ReplyDeleteI also had trouble with a few of the words, so I left a gap for them. Any thoughts?
Here are the Bible references in their context-
Zephaniah 3:17Eph 1:19
i love zeph 3:17.
ReplyDeletehmmm hymn 220.. any chance there was an old hymn book in the box of books you found?
thats a point, there probably was actually... I'll try and dig them up though i did get rid of a heap of books!
ReplyDeleteperhaps "if God should take away all earthly comforts yet he would abide the same..." like Job
ReplyDeleteperhaps either "turned to sing His praises" or "tuned to sing His praises"
ReplyDeleteIt is quite possible that is it from Hymns & Spritiual Songs for the Little Flock. First published in 1856. I will write the words out this evening
ReplyDeleteHymn 220 v 4
ReplyDeleteBut with Him - O, with Jesus!
Are any words so blest?
With Jesus, joy unending,
And everlasting rest!
With Jesus - hearts now empty
Filled with His perfect love;
His perfect peace each moment,
Till perfect bliss above
I agree that the 2 missing words are probably the same
ReplyDeletethe other missing word looks like tuned
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