Hymnology, Verse & Quotes
Now Israel May Say, And That Truly
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When Scotland was on Fire
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This particular Psalm was a favourite of the Covenanters, the Puritans and the Protestant Reformers. It was also a Psalm that greatly encouraged our people as they defended the cause of God, truth, righteousness and Protestantism during the great Siege of Londonderry.
Now Israel may say, and that truly If that the Lord Had not our cause maintained, If that the Lord Had not our right sustained, When cruel men Who us desired to slay Rose up in wrath, To make of us their prey; Then certainly they had devoured us all, And swallowed quick, For ought that we could deem; Such was their rage, As we might well esteem. And as fierce floods Before them all things drown, So had they brought Our soul to death quite down. The raging streams, With their proud swelling waves, Had then our soul O'erwhelmed in the deep. But blessed be God, Who doth us safely keep, And gave us not A living prey to be Unto their teeth And bloody cruelty. Even as a bird Out of the fowler's snare Escapes away, So is our soul set free: Rent is their net, And thus escaped we. Therefore our help Is in the Lord's great name, Who heaven and earth By his great power did frame. Babylon Has Fallen
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In this dear land in days of yore,
God moved in mighty power; His Word He blessed and souls found rest, When Scotland was on fire. And in those days of yesteryear, Men loved the Word of God; They preached it true and lived it too, When Scotland was on fire. Once more Lord, once more Lord; As in the days of yore; On this dear land, Thy Spirit pour, Set Scotland now on fire. There were Welsh and Peden, Craig and Knox; McCheyne and Rutherford; Bonar and Wishart, Livingston, These loved the Word of God, And many others of renown, For Christ their lives laid down; When Scotland was on fire for God, When Scotland was on fire. In this dear land in days of yore, Men honoured Christ the Lord; They followed him, come loss or gain, When Scotland was on fire. In castle grand and but’n ben, God had the chiefest place, Nor stake nor rack could hold them back, When Scotland was on fire. Once more, once more, once more Oh Lord, On this dear land of heather and glens And lochs and hills, Set Scotland now on fire. A Hymn for 5th November
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