HYMN IX.
G. R. G. (George Richard Gould) Pughe translation
“That I may know Him, and the power of His resurrection.” Philip iii., 10.
“O! am dreiddio i’r adnabyddiaeth”
O! for deeper meditation On my Living, Loving Lord, As I read the revelation Of His Everlasting Word! Endless death had been the sinner’s Recompense and righteous doom, But for My Divine Redeemer’s Resurrection from the tomb.
God is terrible in power, Though He be a God of love, And no wonder sinners cower At the thought of Him above. Yet when with humiliation We bow down before His Face, He reveals His great Salvation And the riches of His Grace.
To be under His protection Is my soul’s security, While to share in His Refection Is both meat and drink to me. By His Own Right Hand directed I am safe where ere I go,— By His panoply protected I need never fear a foe.
God, My Father, is My Tower, And what more can I desire In temptation’s trying hour,— In the flood, and in the fire? By His Providence protected I am safe in time of need: But, if by My God rejected, I am destitute indeed.