1. We may not climb the heavenly steeps To bring the Lord Christ down; 2. But warm, sweet, tender, even yet A

present help is He; by our beds of pain;

In vain we search the lowest deeps, For Him no depths can drown.
And faith has yet its Oli - vet, And love its Gal - i - lee.
We touch Him in life's throng and press, And we are whole a

gain.

4 Through Him the first fond prayers are said

Our lips of childhood frame;

The last low whispers of our dead
Are burdened with His name.

5 O Lord and Master of us all,
Whate'er our name or sign,

We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call,
We test our lives by Thine!

Note. In the first edition this hymn is No. 191.

193

THE GREAT PHYSICIAN NOW IS NEAR.

REV. WM. HUNTER.

Arr. by Rev. J. H. Stockton.

1. The great Phy-si - cian now is near, The sym - pa-thi-zing Je - sus: All glory to the dying Lamb! I now be-lieve in Jesus; The children too both great and small, Who love the name of Jesus,

2.

3.

194

H. G. SPAFFORD.

IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL.

Philip P. Bliss, (1838-1876)

1. When peace, like a river, at tend-eth my way, When sor-rows, like 2. Though Sa-tan should buf-fet, though tri-als should come, Let this blest as

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sea bil-lows, roll;

Whatev

er my lot, Thou hast taught me to sur-ance control, That Christ hath re-gard- ed my help less es

well

with my soul,......

with my soul, It is well, it is well with my soul.

3 My sin-oh, the bliss of this glorious thought-
My sin-not in part, but the whole,

Is nailed to His cross and I bear it no more,

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, oh, my soul !

4 And, Lord, haste the day when the faith shall be sight,
The clouds be rolled back as a scroll,

The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,
"Even so"-it is well with my soul.

Used by per. of The John Church Co., owners of the Copyright.

Than glows in an y earthly sky, For Je sus is my light.
And Jesus listening can hear The songs I can-not sing.
The dove of peace sings in my heart, The flowers of grace appear.
For bless-ings which He gives me now, For joys "laid up above."

When Jesus shows His smiling face There is sunshine in the soul.

6 Peace, perfect peace, death shadowing us and ours?
Jesus has vanquished death and all its powers.

7 It is enough: earth's struggles soon shall cease,
And Jesus calls us to heaven's perfect peace.