The Believer's Safety Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDEF GHIH JKLM NONO PQQQ RSRS TUTV| Incarnate God the soul that knows | A |
| Thy name's mysterious power | B |
| Shall dwell in undisturbed repose | A |
| Nor fear the trying hour | B |
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| Thy wisdom faithfulness and love | C |
| To feeble helpless worms | D |
| A buckler and a refuge prove | E |
| From enemies and storms | F |
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| In vain the fowler spreads his net | G |
| To draw them from thy care | H |
| Thy timely call instructs their feet | I |
| To shun the artful snare | H |
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| When like a baneful pestilence | J |
| Sin mows its thousands down | K |
| On every side without defence | L |
| Thy grace secures thine own | M |
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| No midnight terrors haunt their bed | N |
| No arrow wounds by day | O |
| Unhurt on serpents they shall tread | N |
| If found in duty's way | O |
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| Angels unseen attend the saints | P |
| And bear them in their arms | Q |
| To cheer the spirit when it faints | Q |
| And guard the life from harms | Q |
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| The angels' Lord himself is nigh | R |
| To them that love his name | S |
| Ready to save them when they cry | R |
| And put their foes to shame | S |
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| Crosses and changes are their lot | T |
| Long as they sojourn here | U |
| But since their Saviour changes not | T |
| What have the saints to fear | V |
John Newton
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