Christ My Song - 900
O Lamb of God, still keep me - Safe keeping
(James George Deck/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)
Safe keeping.
1. O Lamb of God, still keep me
close to thy piercèd side;
'tis only there in safety
and peace I can abide.
What foes and snares surround me!
What lusts and fears within!
The grace that sought and found me
alone can keep me clean. PDF - Midi
2. 'Tis only in thee hiding,
I feel myself secure;
only in thee abiding,
the conflict can endure;
thine arm the vict'ry gaineth
o'er ev'ry hateful foe:
thy love my heart sustaineth
in all its cares and woe.
3. Soon shall my eyes behold thee
with rapture, face to face;
one half hath not been told me
of all thy power and grace;
thy beauty, Lord, and glory,
the wonders of thy love,
shall be the endless story
of all thy saints above.
James George Deck, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1906, 34-35.