Adventist Pioneer Library

The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement

God of my life, to thee I call

  • No. 697
  • Words William Cowper.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

God of my life, to thee I call,Afflicted at thy feet I fall;When the great water-floods prevail,Leave not my trembling heart to fail.

2

Friend of the friendless and the faint,Where shall I lodge my deep complaint?Where but with thee, whose open doorInvites the helpless and the poor?

3

Did ever mourner plead with thee,And thou refuse that mourner's plea?Does not the word still fixed remain,That none shall seek thy face in vain?

4

Poor though I am, despised, forgot,Yet God, my God, forgets me not;And he is safe and must succeedFor whom the Lord vouchsafes to plead.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «697» (large) in the right column of p. 227, below «Josiah Conder.» of hymn 696, with the italic reference line «624, 51, 875.» beside it (= sing to the tunes of hymns 624, 51 or 875). Four stanzas, numbered «1» … «4» (no period; written «1.» … here as in the other deliveries of this book), all lines set flush; «William Cowper.» in italics after stanza 4. The first word «GOD» is set in capitals and small capitals; written «God» here. «water-floods» is hyphenated in the print. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «?» («fall ;», «complaint ?», «poor ?», «plea ?», «vain ?», «not ;»); it is closed up here. No meter is printed (the text is L. M., like the tunes referred to). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement · No. 697 · printed page 227
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02