When he Goliath fought,
And laid the Gittite low ?
No sword nor spear the stripling took,
But chose a peeble from the brook.
2 Twas Israel s God and King
Who sent him to the fight,
Who gave him strength to sling,
And skill to aim aright.
Ye feeble saints, your strength endures,
Because young David s God is yours.
3 Who order d Gideon forth
To storm th invader s camp,
With arms of little worth
A pitcher and a lamp ?
The trumpets made his coming known,
And all the host was overthrown.
4 Oh ! I have seen the day
When, with a single word,
God helping me to say,
My trust is in the Lord,
My soul has quell d a thousand foes,
Fearless of all that could oppose.
5 But unbelief, self-will,
Self-righteousness, and pride,
How often do they steal
^ My weapon from my side !
Yet David s Lord and Gideon s friend
Will help his servant to the end.
18.
The Golden Calf.—Exod. xxxii, 4, 31.
1 WHEN Israel heard the fiery law
From Sinai s top proclaim d,
Their hearts seem d full of holy awe,
Their stubborn spirits tamed :
2 Yet, as forgetting all they knew,
Ere forty days were past,
