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Alas What Hourly Dangers Rise
CADDO-William Batchelder Bradbury
CHRISTMAS-George Frederick Handel
CHELMSFORD-Aaron Chapin
Alas! What Hourly Dangers Rise
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Alas! what hourly dangers rise,
What snares beset my way;
To heav'n I fain would lift my eyes,
And hourly watch and pray.
How oft my mournful thoughts complain,
And melt in flowing tears!
Striving against my foes in vain,
I sink amid my fears.
O gracious God, in whom I live,
My feeble efforts aid;
Help me to watch, and pray, and strive,
Nor let me be dismayed.
Do Thou increase my faith and hope,
When fears and foes prevail;
And bear my fainting spirit up,
Or soon my strength will fail.
O keep me to Thy heavenly way,
And bid the tempter flee;
And never, never let me stray
From happiness and Thee.