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Should pestilence, in autumn's shade,
Sudden thy blooming health invade,
Unshrinking thou that dart shalt bear,
For God himself is with thee there.
Sudden thy blooming health invade,
Unshrinking thou that dart shalt bear,
For God himself is with thee there.
And should the winter's fiercer hour
The bursting tempest on thee shower,
Amidst that elemental strife,
Calm shalt thou view eternal life.
The bursting tempest on thee shower,
Amidst that elemental strife,
Calm shalt thou view eternal life.
The Christian heart shall know not fear,
Though death in every shape appear;
Amid the waves' most awful form,
It sees a Father in the storm!
Though death in every shape appear;
Amid the waves' most awful form,
It sees a Father in the storm!
