3 The desert fill d them with alarms
For water and for food ;
And Amalek, by force of arms,
To check their progress stood.
4 They often murmur d by the way,
Because they judged by sight ;
But were at length constraint to say,
The Lord had led them right.
5 In the Red sea, that stopp d them first,
Their enemies were drown d ;
The rocks gave water for their thirst,
And manna spread the ground.
6 By fire and cloud their way was shown
Across the pathless sands ;
And Amalek was overthrown
By Moses lifted hands.
7 The way was right their hearts to prove,
To make God s glory known,
And show his wisdom, pow r, and love,
Engaged to save his own.
8 Just so the true believer s path
Through many dangers lies ;
Though dark to sense, tis light to faith,
And leads us to the skies.
50.
What shall I render?[1]
—Psalm cxvi, 12, 13.
1 FOR mercies, countless as the sands,
Which daily I receive
From Jesus my Redeemer s hands,
My soul, what canst thou give ?
2 Alas ! from such a heart as mine
What can I bring him forth ?
My best is stain d and dyed with sin,
My all is nothing worth.
- ↑ Book iii, Hymn 67.
