Christ My Song - 2468

Beneath thy cool, refreshing shade
(Augustus M. Toplady/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

Beneath thy cool, refreshing shade.

1. Beneath thy cool, refreshing shade
  my soul shall safely rest,
Jesus shall make my spirit glad,
  and God shall be my guest. PDF - Midi

2. O may he all my heart possess,
  and may I, when made clean,
the self-denying footsteps trace
  of him who did no sin!

3. Gard'ner of souls, thy vineyard dress,
  pluck up the tares, O God:
and leave no root of bitterness,
  no passion unsubdued.

4. Let nothing alienate the soul
  for which the Saviour bled:
no bosom sin my heart control,
  or choke the heavenly seed.

5. Far, far away the world be driven,
  and crucified to me;
may I in heart ascend to heaven,
  and hourly learn of thee!

6. Attacked by Satan's fell deceit,
  may I remain unshook,
and, piercing through the gilded bait,
  descry the deep-laid hook.

Augustus M. Toplady, Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1860, 43-44.

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