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HOLY
FORTITUDE,
&C.
[SEAM. XXXII.
me
in
the
heaviest
distresses,
though
all the
sorrows
I
fear
should come
upon
me.
I-Ie
can
bear
me on
the
wings
of
faith and
hope,
high
above
all the
turmoils and
disquietudes of
life
:
He
tan
carry
me
through the sha-
dow
of
the
dark
valley,
and scatter
all
the terrors
of
it.
Give
me,
O
Lord,
these
wings
of faith
and hope, and
bear
me
upon
them
through
ail
the remains
of
my
short
journey
in
the wilderness
:
Make
me
active
and
zealous
in thy cause
while
I
live,
and
convey me safely above the
reach of
fear,
through the
valley
of death,
to
the inhe-
ritance prepared
for
me
in the
land
of
light.
Then
my
fears shall cease for
ever, for enemies and
dangers are
not
known in
that
land.
There
all
our
conflicts shall be
changed into everlasting triumphs,
while songs
of
ho-
nour
and salvation
ascend in a
full
choir
to the
grace that
has made
us
overcomers. Amen.
HYMN
FOR SERMON
XXXII.
HOLY
FORTITUDE, OR REMEDIES
AGAINST FEAR.
LONG
METRE.
I
call
the daysof
old to
mind,
When
I
have found
my God
was
kind
;
My
heav'nly
friend
is
stili
the
saine
;
Salvation to his holy name.
Great
God, preserve
my
conscience clean,
Wash
me from
guilt, forgive
my sin
:
Thy
love
shall guard
me from
surprise,
Though
threat'ning dangers
round
use
rise.
WHEN
tumults
of
unruly fear
Rise
in my
heart, and
riot
there,
What
shall
I
do to calm
my
breast,
And
get
the
vexing foe
supprest?
What
power can these wild thoughts
con-
.
troul,
This
ruffling
tempest
of
the
soul
?
Where
shall
I
fly
in this distress,
But
te the throne
of glorious
grace?
My
faith
would
seize some
promise,
Lord;
There's
power
and safety
in
thy
word
:
Not
all
that earth
or
hell
can
say,
Shall.tempt or drive my
soul
away.
When fear like
a wild
ocean raves,
Let Jesus
walk upon
the
waves,
And say,
"
'tis
I:"
that
heavenly voice
Shall
sink
the
storm,
and raise
my
joys.