Adventist Pioneer Library

Worship — Attributes and Providence of God

Though troubles assail, and dangers affright

  • No. 98
  • Words John Newton.
  • 6 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Though troubles assail, and dangers affright;
Though friends should all fail, and foes all unite,
Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide,
The promise assures us, "The Lord will provide."

2

The birds, without barn or store-house, are fed;
From them let us learn to trust for our bread;
His saints what is fitting shall ne'er be denied,
So long as 't is written, "The Lord will provide."

3

When Satan appears to close up our path,
And fills us with fears, we triumph by faith;
He cannot take from us, though oft he has tried,
The heart-cheering promise, "The Lord will provide."

4

He tells us we 're weak, our hope is in vain;
The good that we seek we ne'er shall obtain:
But when such suggestions our graces have tried,
This answers all questions, "The Lord will provide."

5

No strength of our own, nor goodness, we claim,
Our trust is all thrown on Jesus' dear name;
In this our strong tower, for safety we hide,
The Lord is our power—"The Lord will provide."

6

When life sinks apace, and death is in view,
The word of his grace shall comfort us through;
Not fearing or doubting, with Christ at our side,
We 'll still trust his promise,—"The Lord will provide."

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «98» (large) in the left column of p. 36, below hymn 97 («Robert Grant.»), with NO reference line (only show-through specks from the other side of the leaf between the number and stanza 1); the text is in the meter of LYONS (10s & 11s: 10.10.11.11), the tune of hymn 97 printed just above. Stanza 1 and the first half of stanza 2 are at the foot of the left column; the second half of stanza 2 («His saints what is fitting…») and stanzas 3–6 fill the right column; «John Newton.» in italics at the end. The first word «THOUGH» is set in capitals and small capitals. «'t is», «we 're» and «We 'll» are printed with a space next to the apostrophe and are kept so. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («fright ;», «fed ;», «bread ;», «faith ;», «vain ;», «obtain :», «name ;», «through ;»); it is closed up here. Printed curly quotes are written straight. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. The four lines of each stanza are printed flush (runover words indented).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — Attributes and Providence of God · No. 98 · printed page 36
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30