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The United Methodist Hymnal · No. 153 · Words: Charles Wesley · Tune: ST. PETERSBURG
Thou Hidden Source of Calm Repose
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →Written by Charles Wesley in 1749, this hymn meditates on finding total security, comfort, and salvation in the name of Jesus. It expresses the believer's utter dependence on Christ as 'all in all'—rest, peace, healing, and heaven.
Verse 1
Thou hidden source
of calm repose,
thou all-sufficient
love divine,
my help and refuge
from my foes,
secure I am
if thou art mine;
and lo! from sin
and grief and shame
I hide me,
Jesus, in thy name.
Verse 2
Thy mighty name
salvation is,
and keeps my
happy soul above;
comfort it brings,
and power and peace,
and joy and
everlasting love;
to me with thy
dear name are given
pardon and
holiness and heaven.
Verse 3
Jesus, my all
in all thou art,
my rest in toil,
my ease in pain,
the healing of
my broken heart,
in war my peace,
in loss my gain,
my smile beneath
the tyrant’s frown,
in shame my glory
and my crown.
Verse 4
In want my
plentiful supply,
in weakness
my almighty power,
in bonds
my perfect liberty,
my light in
Satan’s darkest hour,
in grief my
joy unspeakable,
my life in death,
my heaven in hell.
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