10*. Though Dark Be Our Way, Since God Is Our Guide

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by J. Newton
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Though dark be our way, since God is our Guide,
 
’Tis ours to obey; ’tis His to provide:
 
Though cisterns be broken, and creatures all fail,
 
The word He hath spoken shall surely prevail.
“I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” (Psalm 32:8)
“But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:19)
“And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.” (1 Samuel 15:22)
“Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:29)
“For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.” (Jeremiah 2:13)
“Blessed be the Lord, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.” (1 Kings 8:56)
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His love in times past forbids us to think
 
He’ll leave us at last in trouble to sink:
 
The Lamb in His glory is ever in view,
 
The pledge and the proof He will help us quite through.
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And since all we meet must work for our good,
 
The bitter is sweet, the medicine is food:
 
Though painful at present, ’twill cease before long,
 
And then how triumphant the conqueror’s song!
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” (Romans 8:28)
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” (2 Corinthians 4:17-18)
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