Number: 450
English: HON 1951 #207 (HON 1987 #326 uses different music)
Title: When Sore Afflictions Press My Soul
Name: Wakeham
Words: Sam Jones
Music: W. Knapp
Copyright: Lyrics written in September 1936 at Sandringham, Victoria
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When ¤sore af¤flic¤tions ¤press my soul,
And ¤dark¤ness ¤gath¤ers ¤o’er my way,
I ¤look ¤a¤bove and trust in Him,
Who ¤ev¤er ¤leads me ¤night and day.

When ¤gloom¤y fears pos¤¤sess my heart
I ¤seek the ¤shel¤ter ¤of His breast,
Where ¤all ¤is peace and joy and light,
In ¤con¤fi¤¤dence I ¤calm¤ly rest.

What ¤full pro¤vi¤sion ¤God has made
For ¤those who ¤dai¤ly ¤seek His care;
The ¤pure ¤in heart shall see His face,
His ¤ear is ¤o¤pen ¤to their pray’r.

The ¤race is not un¤¤to the swift,
The ¤strong no ¤glo¤ries ¤ev¤er win;
The ¤se¤¤cret of all vic¤t’ry is–
O¤¤be¤dience ¤to the ¤Christ with¤in.

Then, ¤faint¤ing not, I ¤press a¤long
The ¤path where ¤He has ¤gone be¤fore,
The ¤blood¤¤stain’d path which leads to God,
To ¤heav’n and ¤home for ¤ev¤er¤more.