LIKE A RIVER, GLORIOUS

Like a river, glorious
Is God's perfect peace,
Over all victorious
In its bright increase,
Perfect, yet it floweth
Fuller every day,
Perfect, yet it groweth
Deeper all the way.

Hidden in the hollow
Of His blessed hand,
Never foe can follow,
Never traitor stand;
Not a surge of worry,
Not a shade of care,
Not a blast of hurry
Touch the spirit there.

Every joy or trial
Falleth from above,
Traced upon life's dial
By the Sun of love:
We may trust Him fully
All for us to do;
They who trust Him wholly
Find Him wholly true.

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Stayed upon Jehovah,
Hearts are fully blest;
Finding, as He promised,
Perfect peace and rest,