Kept
Authors: Franc • Composers: Arr. by Mrs. A.B. Cary, Edwin I. Bowyer • Meter: 8.8.9.7.8.7.8.7. • Language: English • Formats: lyrics, png • Copyright: Free PNG, Public Domain • Years: 1894
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1. Kept by the Heavenly Father,
Refresh’d ev’ry moment anew,
With show’rs from His peace giving presence,
Distilling like gentlest dew.
Kept from all anxious forebodings
Of suddenly rude alarm,
Kept from the fear of all evil,
Tenderly kept from all harm.
2. Kept from all worry and fretting
About things in my daily rounds,
So sweetly kept from resenting
The stings, the stabs and the wounds.
Kept in His secret pavilion
From the pitiful strife of tongues,
Kept in the fullest assurance
That He will avenge my wrongs.
3. Kept calm in the midst of the tempest,
Kept cool in the heat of the fray,
Kept humble when vict’ry is given,
Kept from doubt when I see not the way.
Kept, with no stain on my garment,
My garment of beauty and praise,
Of wond’rous texture this raiment,
Wrought by the ancient of days.
4. Kept for His praise and His glory,
Tho’ humble the instrument be,
Permitted to tell the glad story
Of redemption for you and for me.
Father, the Son, and the Spirit,
Thus keep me, I earnestly pray,
Till Jesus comes, and to glory
My longing soul bears away.