Christian Watch: Upholding Religious Liberties

What Foolish Worms Are We!

1. What foolish worms are we!
How prone to start aside,
And in our troubles flee
From Jesus’ wounded side;
To wait on self, or something base,
Instead of trusting sovereign grace!

2. O that our souls could wait
At all times on the Lord;
And watch at wisdom’s gate,
Whose mercy will afford
A constant flow of every good,
To souls that trust alone in God.

3. The Lord is rich indeed,
And richly will supply
The waiting sinner’s need,
With blessings from on high;
My expectation is from God;
Then wait, my soul, upon the Lord.

4. If darkness him surround,
His mercy’s still the same;
He never will confound
The soul that waits on him;
He is my All; of him I’ll boast;
On him I’ll wait, and in him trust.

— William Gadsby (Hymn 630)

The Lord Himself Be With You All

1. The Lord himself be with you all,
To teach you his own will;
And guide you safe from every thrall,
To Zion’s heavenly hill.

2. Be with you to unfold his grace,
And prove his truth divine;
Unveil the glories of his face,
And make his counsels shine.

3. Whatever be your state or case,
The Lord himself be near;
Support, protect, defend, embrace,
And make your passage clear.

4. Thus may you prove his promise true,
And glorify his name;
And every day your songs renew,
While life and breath remain.

5. The Lord be with you to the end,
And land you safe above;
A long eternity to spend,
In singing, “God is love.”

— William Gadsby (Hymn 631)

The Love of Christ is Rich and Free

1. The love of Christ is rich and free;
Fixed on his own eternally;
Nor earth, nor hell, can it remove;
Long as he lives, his own he’ll love.

2. His loving heart engaged to be
Their everlasting Surety;
‘Twas love that took their cause in hand,
And love maintains it to the end.

3. Love cannot from its post withdraw;
Nor death, nor hell, nor sin, nor law,
Can turn the Surety’s heart away;
He’ll love his own to endless day.

4. Love has redeemed his sheep with blood;
And love will bring them safe to God;
Love calls them all from death to life;
And love will finish all their strife.

5. He loves through every changing scene,
Nor aught can him from Zion wean;
Not all the wanderings of her heart
Can make his love from her depart.

6. At death, beyond the grave, he’ll love;
In endless bliss, his own shall prove
The blazing glory of that love,
Which never could from them remove.

— William Gadsby (Hymn 633)