Why should I Fear the Darkest Hour by John Newton

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I: Why should I fear the darkest hour, / Or tremble at the tempter's power!

Jesus vouchsafes to be my tower.

II: Though hot the fight, why quit the field, / Why must I either flee or yield, / Since Jesus is my mighty shield?

III: When creature-comforts fade and die, / Worldlings may weep, but why should I, / Jesus still lives, and still is nigh?

IV: Though all the flocks and herds were dead, / My soul a famine need not dread, / For Jesus is my living bread.

V: I know not what may soon betide, / Or how my wants shall be supplied; / But Jesus knows, and will provide.

VI: Though sin would fill me with distress, / The throne of grace I dare address, / For Jesus is my righteousness.

VII: Though faint my pray rs, and cold my love, / My steadfast hope shall not remove / While Jesus intercedes above.

VIII: Against me earth and hell combine, / But on my side is power divine; / Jesus is all, and he is mine.

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