May 7, 2005

Have faith in God –
Though fields are brown;
Have faith in God –
And smile, don't frown;
Have faith in God –
Look up, not down.
Have faith, dear friend, in God.

Unto the Hills Around Do I Lift Up

John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, 1845-1914

    I will lift up my eyes to the hills -- From whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. Psalm 121:1, 2.

Unto the hills around do I lift up my longing eyes
O whence for me shall my salvation come, from whence arise?
From God, the Lord, doth come my certain aid,
From God, the Lord, Who heaven and earth hath made.

He will not suffer that thy foot be moved: safe shalt thou be.
No careless slumber shall His eyelids close, Who keepeth thee.
Behold, He sleepeth not, He slumbereth ne’er,
Who keepeth Israel in His holy care.

Jehovah is Himself thy Keeper true, thy changeless Shade;
Jehovah thy Defense on thy right hand Himself hath made.
And thee no sun by day shall ever smite;
No moon shall harm thee in the silent night.

From every evil shall He keep thy soul, from every sin;
Jehovah shall preserve thy going out, thy coming in.
Above thee watching, He Whom we adore
Shall keep thee henceforth, yea, forevermore.

Have Faith in God by H.M.S. Richards, Used by Permission