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==Lyrics from [[A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, 1840]]==
Hymn 61<br>
[[L.M.]]<br>
1. Shall I, for fear of feeble man,<br>
The Spirit's course in me restrain?<br>
Or, undismayed in deed and word,<br>
Be a true witness for my Lord?

2. Awed by a mortal's frown, shall I<br>
Conceal the word of God most high?<br>
How, then, before thee, shall I dare<br>
To stand, or how thine anger bear?

3. Shall I, to soothe th' unholy throng,<br>
Soften thy truths, and smooth my tongue,<br>
To gain earth's gilded toys, or flee<br>
The cross, my God, endured by thee?

4. What, then, is he whose scorn I dread,<br>
Whose wrath or hate makes me afraid?<br>
A man: an heir of death: a slave<br>
To sin: a bubble on the wave.

5. Yea, let men rage, since thou wilt spread<br>
Thy shadowing wings around my head;<br>
Since, in all pain, thy tender love<br>
Will still my sure refreshment prove.

6. Saviour of men, thy searching eye<br>
Doth all mine inmost thoughts descry.<br>
Doth aught on earth my wishes raise,<br>
Or the world's pleasures, or its praise?

7. The love of Christ doth me constrain<br>
To seek the wandering souls of men;<br>
With cries, entreaties, tears, to save,<br>
To snatch them from the gaping grave.

8. For this let men revile my name;<br>
No cross I shun, I fear no shame:<br>
All hail, reproach! and welcome, pain!<br>
Only thy terrors, Lord, restrain.

9. My life, my blood, I here present,<br>
If for thy truth they may be spent;<br>
Fulfil thy sovereign counsel, Lord;<br>
Thy will be done, thy name adored.

10. Give me thy strength, O God of power;<br>
Then, let winds blow, or thunders roar,<br>
Thy faithful witness will I be:<br>
'Tis fixed; I can do all through thee.

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