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Text:Election
Author:Hart

77. Election

1 Brethren, would you know your stay,
What it is supports you still?
Why, though tempted every day,
Yet you stand, and stand you will?
Long before our birth,
Nay, before Jehovah laid
The foundations of the earth,
We were chosen in our Head.

2 God’s election is the ground
Of our hope to persevere;
On this rock your building found,
And preserve your title clear.
Infidels may laugh;
Pharisees gainsay or rail;
Here’s your tenure (keep it safe) –
God’s elect can never fail!

Text Information
First Line: Brethren, would you know your stay
Title: Election
Author: Hart
Meter: 7.5.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1844
Topic: Election and God's Decrees
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