Though troubles assail, And dangers affright
Though troubles assail, And dangers affright. John Newton* (1725-1807).
Written in February 1775 for a Sunday evening service at the Great House in Olney, and published in the Gospel Magazine (January 1777) entitled ‘Jehovah-jireh, i.e. The Lord will provide’, Gen. xxii. 14.’, referring to the provision of the ram which enabled Abraham to save killing his son Isaac. It was subsequently published in Olney Hymns (Book I, Hymn VII), as ‘The Lord will provide’.
‘The Lord will provide’ ends each of the eight stanzas, the first of which refers to this episode (‘the scripture’) in Genesis:
Tho’ troubles asssil And dangers affright,Tho’ friends should all fail And foes all unite;Yet one thing...
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