Adventist Pioneer Library

The Christian — Comfort and Encouragement

If God is mine, then present things

  • No. 703
  • Words Benjamin Beddome.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

If God is mine, then present thingsAnd things to come are mine;Yea, Christ, his word, and Spirit too,And glory all divine.

2

If he is mine, then from his loveHe every trouble sends;All things are working for my good,And bliss his rod attends.

3

If he is mine, let friends forsake,Let wealth and honor flee;Sure he who giveth me himselfIs more than these to me.

4

O, tell me, Lord, that thou art mine;What can I wish beside?My soul shall at the fountain live,When all the streams are dried.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «703» (large) with the reference line «201, 596, 446.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 201, 596 or 446), in the left column of p. 229 under hymn 702; «Benjamin Beddome.» in italics after stanza 4. The first word is set «IF», the «I» as a full capital and «F» in small capitals; written in ordinary type here. The stanza numbers are printed without a period («1» … «4»); written «1.» … here as in the other deliveries of this book. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «?» («mine ;», «sends ;», «flee ;», «mine ;», «beside ?»); it is closed up here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. No meter is printed (the text is C. M., 8.6.8.6, like the referenced tunes). 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. 703 · printed page 229
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02