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HYMN by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

First Line: WHEN STORMS ARISE
Last Line: O GOD OF MY SALVATION.
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
WHEN storms arise
And dark'ning skies
About me threat'ning lower,
To thee, O Lord, I raise mine eyes,
To thee my tortured spirit flies
For solace in that hour.

The mighty arm
Will let no harm
Come near me nor befall me;
Thy voice shall quiet my alarm,
When life's great battle waxeth warm --
No foeman shall appall me.

Upon thy breast
Secure I rest,
From sorrow and vexation;
No more by sinful cares oppressed,
But in thy presence ever blest,
O God of my salvation.



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